Review of Green Wars by Megan Ybarra
Anja Nygren reviews the 2017 book Green Wars: Colonization and Conservation in the Maya Forest by Megan Ybarra.
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Guatemala
Earth First! 24, no. 6
In Earth First! 24, no. 6 Tim Ream describes the friction between Greenpeace hirarchy and local forest defender consensus in Oregon, Jessica Lee reflects on the Recreation fee demonstration Program (fee demo), and Rod Coronado and Chuk’Shon EF! struggle to protect the prairie dog and save the wild ferret.
Debt-for-Nature Swap between the US and Guatemala
The United States and Guatemala agree to a debt-for-nature swap worth $24.4 million. The developing Central American country agreed to invest the savings to conservation work over the next 15 years.
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The Sewage Sinkhole of Guatemala City
In 2010 a sinkhole in Guatemala City collapsed due to negligent sewer pipe regulations, claiming the lives of 15 people and swallowed a small factory.
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Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth
Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth portrays the implications of globalization in reference to the faith of the Mayas.