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Ecology

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Right side, The Lagoon View in  San Pedro

Abandoned garbage is not only an eyesore, but the sites that are not cleaned up can lead to a number of health and safety concerns, which fosters a negative image to any community.


Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System enter UNESCO’s Danger List

The World Heritage Committee meeting in Seville, under the chair of María Jesús San Segundo, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Spain to UNESCO, has decided to inscribe Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System on the List of World Heritage in Danger.

Belize Barrier Reef in danger (soucre: UNESCO)The main problem with Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System concerns mangrove cutting and excessive development in the property which was inscribed in 1996 as largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere, with offshore atolls, several hundred sand cays, mangrove forests, coastal lagoons and estuaries.

While requesting stricter control of development on the site, the Committee also requested that the moratorium on mangrove cutting on the site which expired in 2008 be reinstated.


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General

Belize is a spectacular country rich in teeming jungles, lush rainforests, dry pine savannas, tangled mangrove swamps, and dynamic coral reefs. It is truly one of the best examples in the New World Tropics of a species rich, biologically diverse country and is a leader in conservation initiatives.

On the other side i
t is estimated that Belize produces approximately 350'000 tons of solid waste annually from domestic households and commercial establishments. This means that each person living in Belize produces approximately two to three pounds of solid waste every day.
 
With so much garbage, illegal dumping has become a serious and growing problem in Belize. Abandoned garbage is not only an eyesore, but the sites that are not cleaned up can lead to a number of health and safety concerns, which fosters a negative image to any community.

 
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