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Protected Areas Conservation Trust (PACT) is created. Up until the 1970s, Belize, formerly British Honduras , had relatively relaxed environmental laws that went largely unenforced. However, with the formation of the Belize Audubon Society in 1969, [ 13 ] public awareness of the value of conservation grew rapidly.
The majority of these reserves contribute to the conservation of Belize's Barrier Reef, which provides a protective shelter for pristine atolls, seagrass meadows and rich marine life. The preservation of the Barrier Reef system has been recognised as a global interest through the collective designation of seven protected areas, including four ...
The Golden Stream Corridor Preserve is a nature preserve in Belize with a unique diversity of habitat types and ecosystems. The preserve is owned and managed by Ya'axche' Conservation Trust. [ 1 ] The preserve protects the Golden Stream watershed .
Shipstern Conservation and Management Area (Shipstern C&MA) is a protected area located in the Corozal District of northeastern Belize.. Shipstern C&MA protects approximately 21.500 acres (c. 8.700 hectares or 87 km 2) of a variety of habitats centered on Shipstern Lagoon, one of the larger inland lagoon systems in Belize. [2]
The World Land Trust then initiated Friends of Belize to help raise funds to cover costs of continuing protection of the purchased lands, as well as to aid in-situ conservation efforts. Since 2006 World Land Trust has organised regular symposia for the decision-makers of their project partners, and in 2008 PfB hosted the event at their La Milpa ...
Bladen is one of three nature reserves within Belize, and is managed through partnership between the Government of Belize and the Ya'axché Conservation Trust (Ya’axché). Ya’axché took over management in December 2008 and has a letter of intent from the Belize Forest Department to co-manage the protected area. Ya'axché now assumes ...
The Maya Golden Landscape is an area in Belize of approximately 275,000 hectares consisting of protected areas, agriculture, private lands and many small communities that is under the management of the Ya'axché Conservation Trust in Toledo District.
Lisel Alamilla was the executive director of the Ya’axché Conservation Trust from 2008 until 2012, where she worked to protect the Mayan Golden Landscape in southern Belize. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Prior to her job at Ya’axché, Alamilla worked at Fauna and Flora International as Country Director for Belize. [ 8 ]