We are not talking about how many greenbacks are needed to purchase a gram of cocaine, but of the cost that the cocaine trade and other associated illicit activities have on the environment. According to a recent report by the online magazine Yale 360, in northern Guatemala’s Petén region, which is the country’s largest, illicit activities, particularly those related to the narcotics trade, are jeopardising Guatemala’s largest nature reserve and Central America’s largest tract of untouched tropical rainforest, the 2.1m hectare UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco)-designated Maya Biosphere Reserve. The reserve, which covers 19% of Guatemalan territory and…