People hadn't set foot in this ancient 'lost city' in the Honduran jungle for 500 years. Now the government is fighting to save it.

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• The Honduras government is fighting to save land threatened by illegal cattle ranching, which contributes to deforestation.
• The land is home to the treasured Moskitia rainforest, the second-largest rainforest in Central America and a key player in the fight against climate change. 
• It's also home to the vaunted "White City," a lost village that remained untouched for half a millennium.

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It's been six years since archaeologists stumbled upon an abandoned village in the Honduran jungle — what many believe to be an ancient "White City," whose residents vanished hundreds of years prior.

Now, that very city — and the rainforest that surrounds it — is under siege by deforestation, wildlife trafficking, illegal land-grabbing, and the looting of treasured artifacts.

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