Belize
Sandwatch activities started in: 2011
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Coordination of Sandwatch in Belize:
Sandwatch in Belize has been championed by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and linked to their sea turtle conservation programme. The University of Belize and ECOMAR, a Belize based marine conservation, have also expressed interest in Sandwatch.
Status of Sandwatch in Belize: Active
Activities and Highlights: Updates in progress
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Happy Earth Day!: Belize Sandwatchers Create New Video!
(April 22, 2020) Follow the link for a short (3 min) video on #fragmentsofhope outreach Sandwatch and related activities with the primary schools in southern Belize the last few years. Thanks to partners #CrocodileResearchCoalition, #SouthernEnvironmentalAssociation, #Oceana and funders #GEF-SGP and our private donors. Thanks to Ms. #AbigailParham Our #Sandwatch coordinator and video narrator. Thanks to the three primary schools, all the Independence Junior College volunteers, all the tour guides on the trips, #VaIentineRosado for some footage and huge shout out to #AvelinoFranco for most of the footage and all the editing! - Please click here to see their amazing video! |
3 new schools in Belize join Sandwatch
“My experience in enlightening Standards 5 and 6 students from the Placencia International Academy (PIA) about our sea and beaches through the Sandwatch Program has been one of the best experiences I’ve had.” (Jennifer Ortiz, NRM Student at IJC)
- Please click here for details
“My experience in enlightening Standards 5 and 6 students from the Placencia International Academy (PIA) about our sea and beaches through the Sandwatch Program has been one of the best experiences I’ve had.” (Jennifer Ortiz, NRM Student at IJC)
- Please click here for details
May 2011, Sandwatch Partners with ECOMAR in Belize for Marine Turtle and Beach Project
The Sandwatch Foundation was contacted in May 2011 by Linda Searle of ECOMAR (www.ecomarbelize.org) a Belize based marine conservation organization. She and her organization were interested in combining Sandwatch into their existing environmental studies particularly as they relate to the protection of marine turtles and their nesting environments. As Ms. Searle reports "The field trip went really well. I am really excited about this aspect of the project because it is new to us in Belize. We monitor just about everything else, but not our beaches! But now we can thanks to you and everyone who assisted in getting these manuals to us"
The Sandwatch Foundation was contacted in May 2011 by Linda Searle of ECOMAR (www.ecomarbelize.org) a Belize based marine conservation organization. She and her organization were interested in combining Sandwatch into their existing environmental studies particularly as they relate to the protection of marine turtles and their nesting environments. As Ms. Searle reports "The field trip went really well. I am really excited about this aspect of the project because it is new to us in Belize. We monitor just about everything else, but not our beaches! But now we can thanks to you and everyone who assisted in getting these manuals to us"