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In 1989, Guatemala passed the Law of Protected Areas (LAP) in order to combat the rapid rate of deforestation around the country. LAP created the National Council for Protected Areas, whose legal function are stipulated by Decree 4-89 as the executive coordinator of conservation efforts.
Guatemalan black howler. According to Parkswatch and the IUCN, [1] Guatemala is considered the fifth biodiversity hotspot in the world. [2] [3] The country has 14 ecoregions ranging from mangrove forest (4 species), in both ocean littorals, dry forests and scrublands in the eastern highlands, subtropical and tropical rain forests, wetlands, cloud forests in the Verapaz region, mixed forests ...
[2] [3] The departments are governed by a departmental governor, appointed by the President. In addition, Guatemala has claimed that all or part of the nation of Belize is a department of Guatemala, and this claim is sometimes reflected in maps of the region. Guatemala formally recognized Belize in 1991, but the border disputes between the two ...
The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Spanish: Ministerio de Ambiente y Recursos Naturales or MARN) is a government ministry of Guatemala, headquartered in Zone 13 of Guatemala City. [ 1 ]
Departments and municipalities Guatemala is divided into 22 departments ( departamentos ) and sub-divided into about 332 municipalities ( municipios ). The departments include:
Tikal National Park is a national park located in Guatemala, in the northern region of the Petén Department.Stretching across 57,600 hectares (220 sq mi), it contains the ancient Mayan city of Tikal and the surrounding tropical forests, savannas, and wetlands. [2]
In Guatemala, regular phone numbers are 8 digits. The first digit indicates the type of phone: [1] 2: Guatemala City (Geographic Number) 3: Mobile (non geographic) 4: Mobile (non geographic) 5: Mobile (non geographic) 6: Guatemala Department (Geographic Number) 7: Rural Guatemala / Rest of country (Geographic Number)
Guatemala hosted the 7th International Workshop on Edible Ectomycorrhizal Mushrooms (IWEMM-7). Held in the colonial city of Antigua, from July 29 to August 3, 2013, the congress convened researchers from worldwide institutions to discuss the most recent information about diversity, cultivation and production of wild edible mycorrhizal mushrooms.