Illegal Clearing and Fires Found in Sierra de Agalta Protected Zone
Published on Honduras Daily · Jul 11, 2026 · Originally reported July 8, 2026 by HCH
The Forest Conservation Institute (ICF) found environmental damage in the buffer zone of Sierra de Agalta National Park in Olancho, including about 1.5 hectares of illegal clearing, crop plots, and signs of fires set to prepare land for planting.
An auto-translated English version isn’t available for HCH, so this opens the original in Spanish. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.