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Belize is a country with a rich variety of wildlife, due to its unique position between North and South America, and a wide range of climates and habitats for plant and animal life. [1] Belize's low human population, and approximately 8,867 square miles (22,970 km 2) of undistributed land, provides an ideal home for more than 5000 species of ...
The country's system of private reserves are co-ordinated under the Belize Association of Private Protected Areas. The Belize Audubon Society (BAS) was founded in 1969, [13] and oversees a total of nine protected areas, including 4 natural monuments, 2 national parks, 2 wildlife sanctuaries and 1 nature reserve. [14]
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.
Belize's relative mangrove cover declined by 2% from 1980–2010, and in that period, under 4,000 acres of mangroves had been cleared, although clearing of mangroves near Belize's main coastal settlements (e.g. Belize City and San Pedro) was relatively high. The rate of loss of Belize's mangroves - at 0.07% per year between 1980 and 2010 - was ...
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Belize. Of the mammal species in Belize , two are endangered, three are vulnerable, and three are near threatened. One species has been classified as extinct.
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Bladen Nature Reserve provides global environmental benefits by providing clean air, functioning as a carbon sink, rainfall generation, and preserving genetic diversity. On a more local scale Bladen functions as a sanctuary for birds and mammals which are subject to hunting for bushmeat, with this large contiguous block of undisturbed rainforest these game species are able to increase ...
Jabiru protection was the Belize Audubon Society's first advocacy project. In 1973 the Jabiru was added to Belize's list of protected animals. Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary, the first Wildlife Sanctuary declared by the Government of Belize, was gazetted on December 8, 1984. [3]