Camera traps reveal valuable information about wildlife in northern Guatemala

Camera traps set on different locations within the Mayan Jungle in northern Guatemala, is revealing a bunch of valuable information regarding the state of wildlife inhabiting this important tropical forest. With some social publications of personel working with organizations such as the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS Guatemala) and freelance conservationists, there is photo evidence of a jaguar captured in 2009 and then in 2019, that could tell that there is a good conservation state of the ecosystem, for her to remain in the area for so many years.

In the same line, the Guatemalan News Agency (AGN) published different photographies provided by the National Council of Protected Areas (CONAP), where up to six different species, including the jaguar, have been captured over the last two years. These photos were taken in the Interinstitution operation center La Colorada, located in San Andres, Peten, as part of the Fund for the Conservation of Tropical Forests in Guatemala (FCA).

This two-year project, seeks to establish, restore and protect parks, reserves and other protected areas, as well as develop and implement healthy natural resource management systems and restore and protect flora and fauna species. They also seek to research and identify medicinal uses of tropical forest plants and develop and support the survival of individuals living in tropical areas.

The camera trap are very usefull for researchers and conservation autorities, because they allow to know about the transit of wildlife in certain areas of the parks and protected spaces, but they also help detect the passing of people doing some certain illegal activities, such as starting fires, poaching and people and drug trafficking.