Visis Cabá

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name = Visis Cabá biosphere reserve
native_name = B'isis Kab'a'
other_name = Biósfera Ixil
category = VI
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country = Guatemala
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region = El Quiché
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municipality = Chajul
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area = 450
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date = 1997
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The Visis Cabá biosphere reserve (450 km2) is a protected area in the department of El Quiché. [cite web | url=http://www.conap.gob.gt:7778/conap/areas-protegidas/sigap/listado-areas-protegidas/listado-areas-protegidas | publisher=CONAP | title=Listado áreas protegidas | author= | access | format= ] It is also known as Biósfera Ixil, and is located in the North of the municipality of Chajul, on the communal lands of the Ixil communities. [cite web | url=http://www.law.arizona.edu/journals/ajicl/AJICL2004/Vol211/Tiu.pdf | publisher=Arizona Journal of International & Comparative Law, vol 211, 2004 (University of Arizona) | title=Mayan Spirituality and Lands in Guatemala | author=Romeo Tiu López | access | format=PDF]

The creation of the Visis Cabá biosphere reserve has gone through a long and complex proces of negotiations between the Ixil communities, government institutions, and the communities of civil-war refugees (CPR) living in that area. [cite web | url=http://rmportal.net/tools/environmental-policy-and-institutional-strengthening-epiq-iqc/epiq-environmental-policy-and-institutional-strengthening-cd-vol-1/epiq-cd-1-tech-area-biodiversity-conservation/copy2_of_informe-sobre-reserva.pdf/attachment_download/file | publisher=Anthony Stocks Center For Environmental Anthropology, Idaho State University | title=Informe sobre la Reserva de Biosfera Ixil B´isis Kab´a´, municipio de Chajul, departamento de K´iche´ Guatemala (2000) | author= | access | format=PDF]

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