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May 5, 2021
A Sustainably Harvested Honey in Toledo That’s Helping to Preserve Wild Forests!
If you like your honey golden and sweet, you are in for double the treat when you find out that the honey coming out of Toledo is also helping the environment. It’s a sustainably harvested honey that is bursting with flavours, but also has a value that goes beyond the taste buds where beekeepers are learning how to make money from bees without cutting down trees. It’s a livelihood initiative that seeks to position our greatest undervalued solution to the climate crisis forests. News Five went down into the forests of San Pedro Columbia to meet a nineteen-year-old beekeeper who is using his honey to pay his university education and keep the forests intact around his home. Andrea Polanco has the story.
Apr 22, 2021
PG Farmers Stand Up to Fires
As the world observes Earth Day, people all over Belize are reflecting on environmental issues and challenges facing this country. Recently, one group of farmers in southern Belize began to deal with a common threat to their livelihoods head on, by getting training in dealing with forest fires. Not only are they able to now better protect their own crops, they are also looking out for the biodiversity around them. As the dry season approaches, the stewards of the protected areas want communities to take an active part in fire management for increased protection of the forests and the people who rely on these resources. News Five’s Andrea Polanco has the story
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