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“We, the villagers of Crooked Tree, for years have just been sitting back and laws have been made that affect us and we have been abiding by these laws the best that we can. A few days ago, a gentleman from Audubon, who is a Bird person, took away posts from this villager who was cutting twenty posts of dead logwood to sell. Now Audubon has no business dealing with posts.”
…that was in 2012 and now, the government and its partners want to bring economic and social benefits to the community. They plan to reclassify the Sanctuary, amending the National Protected Areas Systems Act.
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Dec 11, 2020
BNCF awards $80K in grant funding!
The Belize Nature Conservation Foundation has awarded two more grants in its 2020 projects cycle. Two NGOs that co-manage sites in the Belize National Protected Areas System were awarded funds to strengthen the management of their sites. A brief virtual ceremony was held on Thursday to acknowledge the handing over to the awardees. News Five joined the online session to find out more about how the funds will help to advance conservation work in Belize. Here’s the story:
Andrea Polanco, Reporting
The Belize Nature Conservation Foundation awarded eighty thousand dollars in grant funds to two registered terrestrial management organizations. The monies are to be used for the management of protected areas in Belize. Chairperson of the BNCF Amanda Burgos Acosta presented the grants in a virtual ceremony on Thursday: