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Soon following was the Environmental Protection Act of 1992, which outlined the statutory powers of the Department of the Environment. To ensure proper financial backing, the Protected Areas Conservation Trust (PACT) was created in 1996. This trust is responsible for all funds raising, and the allocation of funds to protected areas. [15]
Environmental organisations based in Belize (1 P) Environmentalism in Belize (1 C) N. Natural history of Belize (5 C, 1 P) Nature conservation in Belize ...
In Belize, national parks are areas designed for the protection and preservation of natural and aesthetic features of national significance for the benefit and enjoyment of the people. Therefore, they are areas of recreatitourism, as well as environmental protection. National parks are gazetted under the National Parks System Act of 1981. [1]
An environmental impact assessment by the Belize Center for Environmental Studies found the Bacalar Chico region to have an unusually high biodiversity for a barrier island. In 1995, the Natural Resources Management Plan and the Protection Project first developed a comprehensive management plan for the various vegetative assemblages within Belize.
A remote sensing study conducted by the Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC) and NASA, in collaboration with the Forest Department and the Land Information Centre (LIC) of the government of Belize's Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MNRE), and published in August 2010 revealed that ...
This is a list of ecoregions in Belize as defined by the World Wildlife Fund and the Freshwater Ecoregions of the World database. Terrestrial ecoregions
A remote sensing study conducted by the Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC) and NASA, in collaboration with the Forest Department and the Land Information Centre (LIC) of the Government of Belize's Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MNRE), and published in August 2010 revealed that ...
A keel-billed toucan, the national bird of Belize. After declaring independence in 1981, Belize enacted the Wildlife Protection Act, [1] which is the main source of wildlife law in Belize. Wildlife in Belize is defined as any undomesticated mammal, reptile or bird, amphibian, and any egg, nest or part or product thereof.