[RaSoJo]

Let us bid adieu to that chunk of rain forest. First them archeologists will go scrounging, followed closely by the tourists.

Do these 'historic' finds serve any purpose for our future generations? Or would those trees have served our children better?

[hypertele-Xii]

Archeology studies past purpose, not future, and unless you're going to claim the entire science of history useless, better get used to the idea that some trees have to be sacrificed for science.

Some 14120 square miles of Guatemala is forested. While the 650 square miles of this archeological site represents a not-insignificant 4.6% of its forests, I doubt the archeologists are going to fell every tree and dig up every stump.

Since you care so much about trees, I have to ask, how many trees have you personally planted? How much money have you donated to tree-planting programs? Otherwise you're just virtue-signaling.

[JoeAltmaier]

When those civilizations were active, there were few trees. It's wrong to return that part of the world to a previous state?

[Rebelgecko]

I don't think any of those things you fear came to pass after El Mirador was discovered. Why would this site be any different?