Mennonites have become some of the most prolific land buyers in Belize, acquiring large properties and making bids faster than competitors.
Mennonites have become some of the most prolific land buyers in Belize, acquiring large properties and making bids faster than competitors.
The small Central American country, flanked by Mexico, Guatemala and the Caribbean Sea, is about the size of the U.S. state of New Jersey, but its dense jungle is now much smaller than it once was. The nation lost around 20% of its forest cover between 2001 and 2025 — more than 865,000 acres, the size of Rhode Island.
Much of the deforestation in Belize has been tied to Mennonites, the conservative and largely insular Christian denomination that began migrating to Belize more than six decades ago, cutting down the rainforest to establish new colonies.
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