In order to resolve the area's long standing agricultural problems, the Guatemalan government has sent a vice-minister of agriculture to Peten to look at the situation. Vice-Minister Luis Larrazabal feels that the major reason for the severe damage to the forest is the slash-and-burn agriculture of the farmers which has led to reduced rainfall and higher temperatures in the province.
為瞭解決長久以來的農業問題，瓜國政府特別在北碇省派任了一位農牧部次長，實地觀察的結果，次長路易士認為，森林破壞的主因還是農民的燒墾方式，這使得北碇不僅雨量少了，天氣也越來越熱。