Video Footage: Drone View: El Mirador Region, 1.6 Million Acres Of Rainforest
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Drone view: Stock footage filmed from a drone of The Mirador region, covering more than 1.6 million acres in northern Guatemala and southern Campeche, Mexico, This region contains an integrated cultural and natural system enclosed by limestone hills hundreds of meters high. There, in an ancient city called El Mirador, more than 200 thousand Maya thrived on perennial swamps. They used the nutrient-rich mud from the swamps for agricultural terraces, constructed by the thousands throughout the area. Now, these sprawling metropolises have been reclaimed by rainforest, the trees enshrouding great cultural treasures and an ark of endangered species. What once was the cradle of an extensive Maya civilization is now the largest intact forest and wildlife habitat remaining in Central America. Hidden in the depths of this verdant rainforest are over 80 ancient Maya cities, containing elaborate temples and some of the largest pyramids on earth. These massive structures are at least a millennium older than other well-known Maya cities such as Tikal, Palenque, Copan, or Chichen Itza. Just beneath tree roots that wind through the thick black soil are hundreds of miles of ancient plastered roads paved with white lime cement, connecting an area larger than Puerto Rico. In addition, this part of Guatemala is also biologically rich. Large populations of elusive jaguar and threatened white-lipped peccary live here, alongside pumas, tapirs, ocelots, agoutis, brocket deer, and rare harpy eagles.
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