• Bacalar Chico National Park and Marine Reserve (BCNPMR) is a protected area and UNESCO World Heritage Site on the northern part of Ambergris Caye in Belize...
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    African millionaire. Caye Chapel is adjacent to the Bacalar Chico National Park and Marine Reserve (BCNPMR), a UNESCO World Heritage Site. BCNPMR is part...
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    this ecoregion include: Bacalar Chico National Park and Marine Reserve Great Blue Hole National Monument Half Moon Caye National Monument "Belizean reef...
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    Belize Bacalar Chico National Park and Marine Reserve, on the northern part of Ambergris Island, in Belize District of Belize Payne's Creek National Park, in...
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    the park in the 1960s and '70s. It was officially declared a national park on November 23, 1986. The park was originally named Blue Hole National Park, but...
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    a large marine sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll 70 km (43 mi) from the mainland and Belize City...
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    including: Glover's Reef Marine Reserve Great Blue Hole South Water Caye Marine Reserve Half Moon Caye Natural Monument Hol Chan Marine Reserve Cayes include: Ambergris...
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  • Sarstoon-Temash is the southernmost national park in Belize. The national park was designated in 1994, and covers an area of 165.92 km2. It is managed...
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    declared a special marine reserve, permanently closed to fishing. The Glover's Reef Marine Reserve was established as a national protected area in 1993...
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  • represents or contributes to a national identity. Natural monuments are gazetted under the National Parks System Act of 1981; marine-based monuments additionally...
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    Hol Chan Marine Reserve is a marine reserve close to Ambergris Caye and Caye Caulker, off the coast of Belize. It covers approximately 18 km² (4,448 acres)...
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  • Port Honduras Marine Reserve is a national protected marine reserve in the Toledo district of Belize. It was established in January 2000, and covers 40,470...
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  • Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve is a national protected marine reserve declared over the Sapodilla Cayes. It was established in 1996 and is administered...
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    Pine Ridge Forest Reserve is a protected area in the Cayo District of southern central Belize. It was established in 1944 to protect and manage the native...
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    Payne's Creek National Park is a nature reserve in the Toledo District of southern Belize. The park encompasses 37,680 acres (152 km2) of land including...
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  • national park surrounds Caracol, a Mayan city. Caracol has been designated as an archaeological reserve and is not included within the park's total area...
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    Tourism in Belize (category Harv and Sfn no-target errors)
    Ridge Forest Reserve, Swallow Caye Wildlife Sanctuary, and the Community Baboon Sanctuary. Antelope Falls in Mayflower Bocawina National Park Mayflower Bocawina...
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    Half Moon Caye (category Parks in Belize)
    reserve to have been established in Belize under the National Park Systems Act in 1981 and first marine protected area in Central America. This is also Belize's...
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    Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve (GSSCMR) is a protected marine reserve in the central part of Belize's Barrier Reef. It covers approximately...
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    Sanctuary is a nature reserve in the Stann Creek District of south-central Belize. It was established to protect the forests, fauna and watersheds of an approximately...
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  • South Water Caye Marine Reserve is the largest marine reserve in the Stann Creek district of Belize. It was established in 1996 and covers 47,702 hectares...
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    Laughing Bird Caye (category National parks of Belize)
    under the National Park Systems Act. Subsequently, Laughing Bird Caye was declared a national park in 1991. The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System was...
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    construction of Caana. Belize government declares the Caracol area a national park. 1992 Ruler's tomb discovered in the South Acropolis; royal tombs found...
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  • In 1973, it was established as a Crown Reserve but finally gained status as a national park in 1990. The park was later put under the responsibility of...
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  • Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve and Nojkaaxmeen Elijio Panti National Park, and to the south by Chiquibul National Park. It forms part of the greater...
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  • Nohoch Cheʼen (category Parks in Belize)
    Biodiversity and Environmental Resource Data System. Belize Tropical Forest Studies (1984). "Caves Branch Archaeological Reserve". Biodiversity and Environmental...
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  • Jones and Northern Lagoon, contain higher biodiversity than the reserve itself. The land cover of the reserve and surrounding area has been mapped and is...
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  • designation as a marine preserve in 1978, and was approved in 2015 as a part of the Hol Chan Marine Reserve. The reef is popular among snorkelers and SCUBA divers...
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    Thousand Foot Falls (category Parks in Belize)
    Foot Falls is a waterfall and natural monument in Cayo, Belize. It is surrounded by the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve. The Thousand Foot Falls is...
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  • The Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area is a nature reserve located in north-western Belize. Rio Bravo, as it is known, was established by Programme...
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