Belize - Nature & Environment

• Belize Audubon Society

  Protected areas management, environmental education, and advocacy.

  www.belizeaudubon.org 

• The Tropical Education Center, Belize Zoo -  Started in 1983, now settled on 29 acres of tropical savanna, exhibiting over 125 animals, all native to Belize.

   

  FRIENDS OF NATURE (FoN) - A Non-Governmental conservation Organization, located in Placencia, Belize C.A. FoN co-manages Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve with the Fisheries Department as well as Laughing Bird Caye National Park with the Forestry Department. Their aim is to preserve and promote the sustainability of marine resources, islands, and cayes for our children and the country of Belize. This is evident in their organizational motto "Protecting our natural resources by developing our human resources."

• HEALTHY REEF - The Healthy Reefs for Healthy People Initiative is an international, multi-institutional effort that tracks the health of the Mesoamerican Reef, the human choices that shape it and our progress in ensuring its long-term integrity. 

  NATIONAL GARIFUNA COUNCIL OF BELIZE – A non-governmental organization representing the indigenous Garifuna people of Belize. Our mission is to preserve, strengthen and develop our culture as well as promote economic development of the Garifuna people.  

  PROTECTED AREAS CONSERVATION TRUST - The Protected Areas Conservation Trust is a fund dedicated to encourage and promote the conservation and management for sustainable use of Belize's natural and cultural resources, to enhance and sustain the quality of life for Belizeans.

• Belize Biodiversity Information System Wildlife Conservation Society
• Coastal Treasures of Belize
• Lamanai Field Research Center
• Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
• Smithsonian Institute’s Western Caribbean Research Station http://www.nmnh.si.edu/iz/ccre.htm#carrie
• Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute http://www.stri.org/english/about_stri/index.php
• Toledo Ecotourism Association TEA
• Toledo Institute for Development and Environment (TIDE) http://www.tidebelize.org/ A  non-governmental organization that fosters community participation in resource management and sustainable use of ecosystems within the Maya Mountain Marine Corridor of southern Belize.
• The Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS) is Conservation International's hub of scientific research. Our world-renowned scientists develop the tools required to protect Earth’s biodiversity and ensure that conservation action is based on sound, reliable, and verifiable science.
• Mesoamerican Hotspot for Biodiversity – Description of biologically rich and endangered ecoregions. http://multimedia.conservation.org/cabs/online_pubs/hotspots2/Mesoamerica.html
• Biodiversity & Environmental Resource Data System of Belize –List of organizations. http://www.biodiversity.bz/find/orgs/district/find_district.phtml?district_id=6
• Directory of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) in Belize: http://www.belizenet.com/orgix.shtml
• Belize Botanical Gardens, San Ignacio http://www.belizebotanic.org/
• Medicinal Trail - Ix Chel Farms http://www.belize.com/ixchel.html