How Guatemala's logging system is helping save rainforests

Logging is one of the biggest reasons forests are disappearing. When trees are cut faster than they can grow back, wildlife loses its habitat, and local communities are impacted. But in northern Guatemala, one protected forest is showing that logging does not always have to lead to deforestation.Inside Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve, local communities are legally harvesting a small number of trees under strict rules while protecting the rest of the forest, according to a report by The Guradian. Instead of clearing large areas, they cut only selected mature trees, allow the forest to recover naturally and return to the same area only after several years.