Translate page with Google

Story Publication logo December 15, 2008

A Tale of Two Wildernesses

Country:

Author:
Media file: 594.jpg
English

In the remote Petén region of northern Guatemala, environmentalists are fighting environmentalists...

author #1 image author #2 image
Multiple Authors
SECTIONS

I knew things were bad when Paulino dipped his empty plastic water bottle into a shallow, muddy swamp puddle. After attempting to sweeten the sludge with a bright orange vitamin C tablet, the middle-aged Guatemalan archaeologist smiled at his Boy Scout ingenuity.

Click on the attachment below to read the article as it appeared in Earth Island.

Support our work

Your support ensures great journalism and education on underreported and systemic global issues