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This temple in Tikal, labeled "Temple 1" by researchers, was built by the ancient Maya somewhere between 682 and 734 A.D. NSF-funded researchers found that the Maya practiced forest conservation early on and concluded that not only did the Maya people practice forest management, but when they abandoned their forest conservation practices it was to the detriment of the entire Maya culture.
Image credit: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati
