PLACENCIA, Belize — After Hurricane Iris decimated the coral reef at Laughing Bird Caye National Park in 2001, many wrote off the UNESCO World Heritage site as a coral graveyard. But a small group ...

The reef, a UNESCO World Heritage site, had been under severe threat from industrial activities including oil exploration, and its removal follows a recent series of landmark conservation measures ...

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 ...

Seeking to gain a high-tech edge over illegal fishers, the Government of Belize will use “eyes in the sky” to enforce fishing regulations in the biodiverse Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve and other reef ...

As Belize doubles down on protecting its UNESCO-listed barrier reef, Alaia Belize is shaping luxury travel around conservation-led experiences. From guided reef excursions to seasonal ocean conditions ...

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 turning ...

It was a drop of good news about the world’s oceans: The Belize Barrier Reef, the largest coral reef system in the Northern Hemisphere, has been removed from the United Nations list of endangered ...

In Belize, decades of community-based conservation has improved coral coverage on the Belize Barrier Reef from 6 per cent to 60 per cent. In Belize, community-based conservation is empowering local ...

The reef, a UNESCO World Heritage site, had been under severe threat from industrial activities including oil exploration, and its removal follows a recent series of landmark conservation measures ...

Thanks to a comprehensive conservation effort, the exceptionally diverse Belize Barrier Reef has recovered so much that it has been removed from the UNESCO List of World Heritage in Danger sites. “At ...

Belize's spectacular natural environment gained a noteworthy distinction this week, not to mention increased hope for an enduring future, as the nation's barrier reef system was removed from the ...