If we measured all of the value of the biodiversity in money, Mexico would come 4th in the richest countries in the world. And if Chiapas were a country, it would come in 15th.
The Usumacinta River is the largest river in Mexico and one of its main tributaries, the Rio Lacantum, runs through the Lacandon Jungle.
The Lacandon jungle is the only place in Mexico where you can watch the red scarlet
macaw in the wild and there is approx. 1.000.
The Mayan worldview is explained in three aspects: the relationship with the Supreme Being, the relationship with Mother Nature and the relationship with our neighbors.
The "Lacandonia schismatica", originally from Chiapas, is the only plant in the world in which its reproductive organs are reversed.
The Lacandon jungle originally extended approx. 1,300,000 ha, but in the last 40 years 80% of its surface has been destroyed.
The destruction of the jungle was due primarily to create extensive farming areas to meet the growing demand for meat in the cities.
The jaguar is the largest cat in America, it can weigh up to 130 kl and can measure up to 2.40 m. They are almost exclusively nocturnal animals and live to be 20 years of age.
"Nature is big in big things, but is very large in the smallest."
Saint-Pierre
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