On behalf of Guatemala, the The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) for Guatemala with the representation of the Environmental and Social Legal Action Center (CALAS for its initials in Spanish), filed an Environmental Submission before the Secretariat for Environmental Matters stating that the country is failing in the implementation of its protected areas and not respecting the laws with the extension of the 2-85 contract for oil operations in the Laguna del Tigre National Park in the Mayan Biosphere Reserve. 
Kwa niaba ya Guatemala, Kamati ya Kimataifa ya Wanasheria (ICJ) kwa ajili ya Guatemala ikiwa na wawakilishi kutoka Kituo cha Msaada wa Sheria za Mazingira na Jamii (CALAS kifupisho chake kwa Kihispania), wamewasilisha maoni yao juu ya mazingira mbele ya Sekretarieti ya Mambo ya Mazingira wakieleza kuwa nchi inashindwa kutekeleza mpango wa kulinda maeneo na haiheshimu sheria kwa kurefusha mkataba wa uchimbaji mafuta 2-85 huko Hifadhi ya Haifa ya Laguna del Tigre kwenye hifadhi ya viumbe hai ya Maya.