Conserving the 5 Great Forests
Press Release
Alliance Presents During UN Conference
For the first time, the eight countries of Central America presented their regional climate action plan, which commits to protect Mesoamerica’s five great forests as part of the natural solution to the climate crisis.
Facts
The 5 great forests provide important ecosystem services to 5 million people, including clean water, clean air, food security, and climate stability.
Videos
The five great forests are being destroyed at an alarming rate: in the last 15 years, three have been reduced by almost one-quarter in size, with illegal cattle ranching responsible for more than 90 percent of recent deforestation. Recently, WCS's Jeremy Radachowsky documented this on a trek through part of the region.
At the COP25 meetings in Madrid, Central American governments, Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and NGOs joined together in an alliance to protect the five great forests of Mesoamerica.
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Goals
Through this initiative, collaborating partners are committing to addressing the drivers of deforestation, especially illegal cattle ranching.

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