Belize: Illegal Logging Rampant In Toledo

Belize: Illegal Logging Rampant In Toledo   There have recently been a number of situations in different Maya villages involving persons entering into lands used and occupied by the village for the purpose of rose wood extraction. These individuals are not authorized by those villages to enter into or use those lands.   Nevertheless, government officials, including the Forestry Department, Lands Department and the Police Department, have taken no action to prevent such individuals to conduct...

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