article_snippet: The importance of this place can't be overestimated," ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin told National Geographic.
article_snippet: The team left The team finds unexcavated and are keeping the exact location of the site secret in an attempt to prevent looting.
article_snippet: But in his article, Writer Douglas Preston warned that that the area was nonetheless under threat, with illegal logging for cattle farming within a dozen miles.
article_snippet: IHAH director Virgilio Paredes Trapero told National Geographic that the forest and valley could disappear within eight years unless action was taken.
article_snippet: The Honduran government is committed to protecting the area, but doesn't have the money.
article_snippet: We urgently need international support.