Hundreds of hectares of forest burn in Petén every year due to forest fires intentionally started to clear land for activities that endanger the Mayan Forest, such as illegal cattle raising and drug trafficking, among others. However, thanks to the monitoring and control work carried out by the communities, we have been able to declare the areas we care for as free from fires.
To maintain this record we make an annual investment of more than Q3 million, with which we carry out more than 1,000 control and surveillance missions. Our Community Monitoring Network maintains more than 500 kilometers of firebreakers.
We combine state-of-the-art technology such as drones, geographic location systems and satellite information with territorial control and surveillance mechanisms to fight forest fires.