Posted September 22, 2022
On Sept. 27, 2022 Nicholas Hellmuth, assisted by Belén Chacón Paz, will present full-color photographs of wetlands of Izabal, Guatemala and seasonally inundated areas of the Reserva de la Biosfera Maya (RBM, Peten).
This will probably be one of the few presentations using aerial photos (with DJI Mavic 2 Pro) and macro photos by our team of photographers. Usually six to eight people are on each field trip. Since there is no funding for all 21,600 square kilometers of the Reserva de la Biosfera Maya (RBM), we are focusing on Parque Nacional Laguna del Tigre (PNLT), Parque Nacional Yaxha, Nakum and Naranjo (PNYNN) and the La Gloria concession area of the Municipio de San Jose (west of Uaxactun). We have found awesome seasonally inundated grassland savannas, sawgrass cibales, and tasistal palm (Acoelorrhaphe wrightii) savannas. 90% of the areas that we hike to have never been studied by any professor or student. This project is in coordination and cooperation with CONAP, the forestry agency of Guatemala.