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However, in other areas, Maya leaders accuse the government of They argue that the strict management of protected areas (which often overlap with ancestral lands) has criminalized traditional slash-and-burn farming without providing viable alternatives. Locals perceive the park rangers not as conservationists, but as enforcers of a foreign (Western) idea of nature. "They manage the forest for the American tourist to see a toucan," a Q’eqchi’ village leader lamented. "They do not manage it for us to feed our children."

Elias’s morning began with a meeting of the "co-management" board. In Belize, the government doesn't run the parks alone; they partner with local NGOs and community groups. It’s a decentralized model that turns villagers into stakeholders.

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However, in other areas, Maya leaders accuse the government of They argue that the strict management of protected areas (which often overlap with ancestral lands) has criminalized traditional slash-and-burn farming without providing viable alternatives. Locals perceive the park rangers not as conservationists, but as enforcers of a foreign (Western) idea of nature. "They manage the forest for the American tourist to see a toucan," a Q’eqchi’ village leader lamented. "They do not manage it for us to feed our children."

Elias’s morning began with a meeting of the "co-management" board. In Belize, the government doesn't run the parks alone; they partner with local NGOs and community groups. It’s a decentralized model that turns villagers into stakeholders. However, in other areas, Maya leaders accuse the

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