Since declaring independence in 1981, Belize has enacted many environmental protection laws aimed at the preservation of the country's natural and cultural...
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Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala...
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independence in 1981, Belize enacted the Wildlife Protection Act, which is the main source of wildlife law in Belize. Wildlife in Belize is defined as...
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This is a list of protected areas in Belize. In Belize, national parks are areas designed for the protection and preservation of natural and aesthetic...
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The Belize Audubon Society is a conservation group in Belize, formed in 1969. Like similar societies elsewhere, it is named in honor of ornithologist and...
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Tourism in Belize is a major industry in the country. The sector has grown in the 2020s, with international arrivals reportedly increasing 30% in 2024,...
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for Belize is Edilberto Romero. The Programme for Belize has established a protection programme of twelve rangers for the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management...
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Harpy eagle (category Birds described in 1758)
Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area in Belize. The release was set to tie in with the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009, in Copenhagen...
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Port Honduras Marine Reserve (category Nature conservation in Belize)
zone, a preservation zone and a conservation zone. Belize Tourism Board. "Port of Honduras Marine Reserve". Travel Belize. Retrieved 3 September 2011. "Port...
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The Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area is a nature reserve located in north-western Belize. Rio Bravo, as it is known, was established by Programme...
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Morelet's crocodile (redirect from Belize Crocodile)
the Mexican crocodile or Belize crocodile, is a modest-sized crocodilian found only in the Atlantic regions of Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. It usually...
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Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (category Nature conservation in Belize)
Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in the Stann Creek District of south-central Belize. It was established to protect the forests, fauna...
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Mennonites in Belize form different religious bodies and come from different ethnic backgrounds. There are groups of Mennonites living in Belize who are...
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Sapodilla Cayes (category Nature conservation in Belize)
uninhabited atoll in the Gulf of Honduras, in the Toledo District of Belize. They are administered by Belize, but Guatemala claims that the Belize–Guatemala maritime...
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Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve (category Nature conservation in Belize)
Ridge Forest Reserve is a protected area in the Cayo District of southern central Belize. It was established in 1944 to protect and manage the native Belizean...
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and deputy prime ministers of Belize, from the establishment of the position of First Minister of British Honduras in 1961 to the present day. The office...
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Belizeans (redirect from People of Belize)
Belizeans are people associated with the country of Belize through citizenship or descent. Belize is a multiethnic country with residents of Ethnic groups...
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Maya Golden Landscape (category Nature conservation in Belize)
The Maya Golden Landscape is an area in Belize of approximately 275,000 hectares consisting of protected areas, agriculture, private lands and many small...
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Belize. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1990 for her efforts on conservation of the marine ecosystems along the Belizean coast, in...
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The Belize Barrier Reef is a series of coral reefs straddling the coast of Belize, roughly 300 metres (980 ft) offshore in the north and 40 kilometres...
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Bacalar Chico National Park and Marine Reserve (category Nature conservation in Belize)
Ambergris Caye in Belize. BCNPMR had its inception in the early 1990s when the Broadhead Group sought to construct a community for retirees in northern Ambergris...
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Religion in Belize (2010 census) Catholic (40.1%) Pentecostal (8.4%) Seventh-day Adventist (5.4%) Anglican (4.7%) Mennonite (3.7%) Baptist (3.6%) Methodist...
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Glover's Reef (category World Heritage Sites in Belize)
Cay. It was opened in 1997 for the purpose of promoting and facilitating long-term conservation and management of the wider Belize Barrier Reef complex...
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Belmopan (redirect from Belmopan, Belize)
(/ˌbɛlmoʊˈpɑːn/) is the capital city of Belize. Its population in 2010 was 16,451. Belmopan is the smallest capital city in the continental Americas (by population)...
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Hol Chan Marine Reserve (category Nature conservation in Belize)
Belize. It covers approximately 18 km² (4,448 acres) of coral reefs, seagrass beds, and mangrove forest. Hol Chan is Mayan for "little channel". In the...
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Vaca Forest Reserve (category Nature conservation in Belize)
Retrieved 26 May 2020. Friends for Conservation and Development (October 2018). "Vaca at a Turning Point". Belize Ag Report (41): 22–23. Retrieved 26...
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and Conservation International revealed similar trends in terms of Belize's forest cover. Both studies indicate that each year, 0.6% of Belize's forest...
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University of Belize (UB) is an English-speaking multi-locational institute for higher education, and the national university of Belize. The institution...
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Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve (category Nature conservation in Belize)
Cayes Marine Reserve (GSSCMR) is a protected marine reserve in the central part of Belize's Barrier Reef. It covers approximately 25,980 acres (10,510 ha)...
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territorial dispute between the states of Belize (formerly known as British Honduras) and Guatemala, neighbours in Central America. During the late 1600s...
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