At one time, Peten teemed with mahogany and sandalwood, but with commercial logging, illegal logging, and the burning by farmers to clear new fields, the forest is being destroyed at a rate of nine hectares per year.
原本盛產珍貴桃花心木、檀木的北碇，在商業砍伐、盜伐和農民的移地燒墾之下，正以每年九公頃速度破壞之中。