Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Tikal National Park' has mentioned 'Forest' in the following places:
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Tikal National Park is located in Northern Guatemala's Petxc3xa9n Province within a large forest region often referred to as the Maya Forest, which extends into neighbouring Mexico and Belize. | UNESCO |
Criterion (ix): The landscape mosaic comprising savannas, lush forests, wetlands and various freshwater systems is part of the Maya Forest, one of the conservation gems of Central America, hosting a rich diversity of flora and fauna as a result of a remarkable evolution of species and ecological communities. | UNESCO |
The ongoing biological and ecological processes are supported and protected by the large scale of the Maya Forest, and particularly its many conservation areas. | UNESCO |
Criterion (x): The Petxc3xa9n Region and the Maya Forest are home to an impressive diversity of flora and fauna across its various terrestrial and freshwater habitats. | UNESCO |
Palms, epiphytes, orchids and bromeliads abound in the various forest types. | UNESCO |
Since the days of the nomination of the property, there have been intentions to consider additional adjacent forest areas to be covered by a possible extension of the property, which would no doubt consolidate the integrity of the property from a nature conservation perspective. | UNESCO |
More recently, in 1990, the vast Maya Forest Biosphere Reserve was recognised by UNESCO with the property being one of several core zones. | UNESCO |
This provides an opportunity to address the management and conservation of the Guatemalan part of the Maya Forest and its extraordinary cultural heritage at a landscape level, provided that the good intentions are followed up by adequate political support, funding, staffing and effective management. | UNESCO |
To the degree possible, cooperation with the neighbouring countries of Belize and Mexico is also highly desirable; both have established important conservation areas in their respective parts of the forest region. | UNESCO |
The rich and diverse forest resources have always been strongly used by local communities. | UNESCO |