Protecting villagers from deadly mudslides

• What are some natural factors causing mudslides in Guatemala?
• frequent earthquakes, hurricanes and heavy rains oversaturate Guatemala's mountainous terrain and muddy the soil.
• What are some human factors causing mudslides in Guatemala?
•  Trees are cut for firewood and to make room for the crops, and without realizing it ... they've taken away their protection. Where it used to be rainforest becomes an open space for the mud to come right on through
• What is being done to help reduce mudslides and mudslide damage?
• that many local Guatemalan tree varieties could be strategically replanted to provide fruit, fertilizer, coffee, food and medicinal herbs where resources were failing or nonexistent.