The forest communities we work with in Guatemala’s magnificent Maya Biosphere Reserve are under threat—and so are their livelihoods and world-renowned conservation achievements. Sen. James Inhofe (R), a vocal climate change denier, has introduced bill S.3131 to the US Senate that would allocate USD$60 million to a US-backed tourism project that threatens three of the nine communities. These communities, our longtime partners, have maintained a near-zero deforestation rate for more than 20 years,