Laughing Bird Caye is part of the Belize Barrier Reef, a complex system of coral reefs, atolls, and cayes, or small islands, spanning 300 kilometers (186 miles) and cradling the nation’s coast. It is ...

Belize as we know it – the small, English-speaking Central American country perched along the Caribbean Sea – has been around since 1981, but the barrier reef just off the country’s coast is ...

MANAMA, Bahrain (26 June 2018) – Belizeans and environmentalists worldwide are celebrating the removal of the Belize Barrier Reef, one of the world’s most diverse ecosystems, from UNESCO’s List of ...

The Belize Barrier Reef is the second-largest reef system in the world. Stretching for 190 miles along the coast of Belize, it’s home to hundreds of species of coral, fish, turtles, molluscs and ...

Per UNESCO's press release, the Belize Barrier Reef was added to the World Heritage List in Danger in 2009 "due to the destruction of mangroves and marine ecosystems, offshore oil extraction, and ...

The Belize Barrier Reef is 190 miles long and it is part of the Mesoamerica Barrier Reef System. It is the second largest of its kind in the world behind the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.

In what the UNESCO World Heritage Centre is calling a "major milestone," the Government of Belize has put into effect a full stop on all offshore oil exploration. Including activity within the region ...

How the Belize Barrier Reef Beat the Endangered List An oil drilling moratorium, development restrictions and fishing reform has helped the 200-mile-reef come off Unesco’s endangered world ...

No offshore oil exploration will be permitted along the Belize Barrier Reef or within the country’s seven World Heritage Site areas, the government of Belize announced this month. The UNESCO ...

Belize Tourism Board Launches a Catchy Social Media Campaign for World Oceans Day 2023BELIZE CITY, Belize, June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As a bold ...

MANAMA, Bahrain (26 June 2018) – Belizeans and environmentalists worldwide are celebrating the removal of the Belize Barrier Reef, one of the world’s most diverse ecosystems, from UNESCO’s List of ...