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Ecological
Disaster
in
Guatemalan
Forest
for
Tropical
Storm
GUATEMALA
- Over
3000 ha
(7400
acres)
of
forest
in the
northern
department
of Peten
were
seriously
affected
by
tropical
storm
Richard,
which is
considered
as
ecological
disaster
in
Guatemala
on
Sunday.
Media
reports
thousands
of trees
brought
down in
at least
four
forest
concessions
by the
storm,
less
than a
week
ago.
Richard,
downgraded
from
hurricane
status
at
landfall
in
neighboring
Belize,
caused
considerable
damage
in the
east of
the
multiple
use zone
of the
Maya
Biosphere
Reserve,
where
there
are
important
timber
species
such as
cedar
and
mahogany
Quoted
by the
newspaper
Prensa
Libre,
environmental
groups
expressed
concern
about an
inestimable
impact
on these
protected
areas,
which
also
affects
hundreds
of
people
engaged
in
various
economic
activities.
These
places
include
permanent
sample
plots
for the
study,
information
and
research
of
forest
dynamics,
according
to
statements
of that
publication.
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