Defending Community, Territory, and Indigenous Environmental Relations

Guardians of the Maya Heartland: Defending Land, Community, and Indigenous Environmental Relations

This Element delves into the heart of the Maya struggle for land and self-determination in Belize, a nation bridging the Caribbean and Central America. It addresses critical challenges by illuminating the dynamic conceptions and collective defense of community and territory held by the Qʼeqchiʼ and Mopan Maya people, with a special focus on their environmental relations.

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