Lacandon Jungle

The Lacandon Jungle (Spanish: , Lacandonischer Forest ') is a jungle area in the Mexican state of Chiapas on the border with Guatemala. The reserve, which is part of the Natural Park Montes Azules, will be completed towards the east to about 150 km through the Río Lancantún that belongs to the basin of the Río Usumacinta. The Lacandon Jungle is home to and vested ownership of the Lacandon Maya, who still retains much of its traditional way of life. Since the 1990s, the relatively rough woodland Chiapas also the operating area of the Zapatista Liberation Army EZLN, which has built an autonomous indigenous communities in some villages of the region, whose claims to self-government today (2006) of the Mexican state of some are recognized. However, the basis of the EZLN are not the Lacandon, the face of the EZLN is adverse, but other Indigenous Mayan ethnic groups, such as the Tzotzil.

Carry several official statements of the EZLN translated the title ( x. ) Declaration of the Lacandon jungle.

In the Lacandon Jungle are more famous ruins of the Classic Maya, such as Bonampak.

Honey production

In the Lacandon Jungle of the Lacandon honey is produced that section 2009 "satisfactory" ( score 3.5 ) in the Stiftung Warentest. In 2004, he reached the second best mixed flower honey nor the quality rating of " good" ( score of 1.9 ). Lacandon comes from Fair Trade and is produced by small farmers in the region in Lacandon Jungle.

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• Geography (Mexico)
• Chiapas
• Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional