• The long shot that saved Belize's coral
• 'Teeming with biodiversity': green groups buy Belize forest to protect it 'in perpetuity'
• Belize more than doubles protected marine area

• Geography creates favorable setting in Belize for Global Country of World Peace programmes

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The long shot that saved Belize's coral
5 May 2021 - When Hurricane Iris hit southern Belize in 2001, the country's magnificent corals were destroyed. But within 10 years, a radical restoration project brought the reef back to life. (more)

'Teeming with biodiversity': green groups buy Belize forest to protect it 'in perpetuity'
22 April 2021 - Conservation organizations purchase 950 sq km biodiversity hotspot, helping to secure a vital wildlife corridor. Combined with the adjacent Rio Bravo Reserve, Belize Maya Forest creates a protected area that covers 9 percent of Belize's landmass, a critical 'puzzle piece' in the Selva Maya forest region, helping secure a vital wildlife corridor across northern Guatemala, southern Mexico, and Belize. (more)

Belize more than doubles protected marine area
5 April 2019 - Belize has approved a plan to set aside nearly 12 percent of its territorial waters as a protected area, more than doubling the size of existing reserves in the world's second largest barrier reef. (more)

A jewel in the eye of GMOs: Belize fights back
12 July 2013 - Belize has made an earnest effort to stay clean, healthy, and conscious about its environment. So when BAGMO (Belizeans Against Genetically Modified Organisms) recently became aware of GM soybeans in their soil, they demanded the government denounce the illegal smuggling and planting as an act of bio-piracy. In 2011, the government also banned trawling in their waters, and burned illegally cut rosewood and GM corn. (more)

Belize: Indigenous rights and the Mayan victory
2 February 2008 - At the end of last year, Belize's highest court reaffirmed Indigenous Peoples rights to their land, in accordance with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP). (more)

Belize discovers oil, secures well
11 August 2005 - Belize has struck oil. After years of fruitless petroleum exploration by international companies, a private local concern, Belize Natural Energy Limited, and a partner company from Denver have secured a well. Depending on the size of the oil reservoir, the resulting revenues could have dramatic consequences in this country of 280,000 people. (more)

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Success of Maharishi's Programmes
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Geography creates favorable setting in Belize for Global Country of World Peace programmes
26 November 2008 - Speaking 18 November 2008 on Maharishi Global Family Chat, Raja Tom Stanley, Raja of Invincible Belize for the Global Country of World Peace, reported preliminary developments towards introducing the programmes of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in his domain, which has an auspicious Vastu according to principles of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda, Vedic Architecture. (more)