Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

Environmental and indigenous rights activist to receive WWF’s top youth conservation award

Nina Gualinga, an indigenous woman leader of the Kichwa community of Sarayaku in the Ecuadorian Amazon, is the recipient of this year’s WWF International President’s Youth award.

Mangrove Study shows positive results for Belize

The findings showed a positive turnout, as minimal clearing of mangroves has occurred within the Barrier Reef Reserve and with only one of the protected areas showing changes in mangrove cover.

Belize Barrier Reef to celebrate 20 years as World Heritage Site

December of this year will mark the 20th anniversary of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (BBRRS) being inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Highlighting the Vulnerability of Belize’s Meso-American Barrier Reef

There is the possibility that the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System could be placed on the list of World Heritage Sites in Danger.

Vessel lodged on the reef near Caye Caulker raises concern

There has been a sailboat lodged on the reef off the coast of Caye Caulker since December 2014 but no one in authority seems...

GOB to work towards removing the Barrier Reef from the “Sites in Danger” list

A team from the World Heritage Centre (WHC), in collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) were recently in Belize accessing...

The Belize Coalition calls on Government to Save our Natural Heritage

The Belize Coalition to Save our Natural Heritage calls on the Government of Belize to take immediate action to ban oil exploration in the...

Consultation to be carried out to determine the removal of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System from the List of World Heritage in Danger

The Belize Fisheries Department through the Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries and Sustainable Development hereby informs the general public that the World Heritage Centre (WHC)...