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Smith, Gregory W. “Coral bleaching and Mortality in the Basil Jones area of Bacalar Chico National Park and Marine Reserve, Belize.” 1998. World Heritage Nomination- IUCN Summary. Belize Barrier Reef System (Belize). UNESCO. 1996. May 2007 “World Heritage Sites- Belize.” Protected Areas Programme. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
Name Image Location Criteria Year Description; Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System: Belize District, Stann Creek District, Toledo District. Natural (vii) (ix) (x) 1996 The coastal area of Belize is an outstanding natural system consisting of the largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere, offshore atolls, several hundred sand cays, mangrove forests, coastal lagoons and estuaries.
The country of Belize has roughly 386 km of coastline, and has many coral reefs, cayes, and islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of these form the Belize Barrier Reef, the longest in the western hemisphere stemming approximately 322 km (200 mi). The reef and its islands have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996.
The complex covered an area much larger than present-day Belize City and supported more than twice the modern city's population. [18] Meanwhile, Lamanai , in the north, is known for being the longest continually-occupied site in Mesoamerica , settled during the early Preclassic era and continuously occupied up to and during the area's colonisation.
Tourism development of Ambergris Caye began in the early 1970s and grew considerably in the later years of the 20th century. The main attractions are the Belize Barrier Reef and its beaches. That barrier reef is the second largest in the world, after the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. The caye has a small airstrip serviced by Tropic Air and ...
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The Belize Barrier Reef is a 300-kilometre (190 mi) long section of the 900-kilometre (560 mi) Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, which is continuous from Cancún on the north-eastern tip of the Yucatán Peninsula through the Riviera Maya and down to Honduras, making it the second largest coral reef system in the world after the Great Barrier ...
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