Belize

Is marine conservation a good deal? The value of a protected reef in Belize.

Series number: 
7
Authors: 
Venetia Hargreaves-Allen

Analysis of the Final Feasibility Study and Environmental Impact Assessment for the Proposed Chalillo Dam

Authors: 
John Reid
Christopher Bowles
Linwood Pendleton

Ocean Economics - Gladden Spit, Belize

Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF) is currently conducting economic valuation research of Marine areas in Belize, Panama and Brazil. This work is being supported by Conservation International’s Marine Management Area Science program. Valuation of ecosystem goods and services is being carried out within three formally protected marine areas: Gladden Spit (Belize), Coiba (Panama) and Abrolhos (Brazil).

Chalillo Dam

In 2000 CSF worked with the Belize Alliance of Conservation Non-Government Organizations to provide Belizeans with an independent analysis of a proposed dam on the Macal River. The upper Macal and its tributaries provide habitat for rare scarlet macaws, Morelet's crocodiles, river otters, tapirs and jaguars. But it also has potential to supply electricity to consumers throughout Belize.

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