Forest Conservation

On this episode of Mada Fyah, André and Digna talk to Dr. Elma Kay of the University of Belize Environmental Research Institute (UBERI) about forest conservation in Belize, including the Maya Forest Corridor in Central, a new trust in development intended to connect Belize's Maya Mountains and Northern Reserve. They also discuss carbon and carbon rights, Dr. Kay's early experiences in the forest and Digna and André share their moment of gratitude and minute of rage.

Green Wars: Conservation and Decolonization in the Maya Forest by Megan Ybarra
(https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520295186/green-wars)

A Guardian article on The Nature Conservancy
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/22/teeming-with-biodiversity-activists-buy-up-belize-rainforest-to-stop-logging-in-perpetuity-aoe

Listen on Youtube
https://youtu.be/4XFtoYr0QiU

Interview Transcript

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ndq0v8ximOLsD6qRfsikeXN-mfewJVCIRTBIA_mH1WY/edit?usp=sharing