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- Since declaring independence in 1981, Belize has enacted many environmental protection laws aimed at the preservation of the country's natural and cultural heritage, as well as its wealth of natural resources. These acts have established a number of different types of protected areas, with each category having its own set of regulations dictating public access, resource extraction, land use and ownership. Roughly 26% (2.6 million acres, or 1.22 million hectares) of Belizean land and sea is preserved within a total of 95 reserves, which vary in their purpose and level of protection. This network of protected areas exists under a variety of management structures:
* 1,900,469 acres (769,093 ha) of terrestrial reserves;
* 392,970 acres (159,030 ha) of marine reserves;
* 317,615 acres (128,534 ha) protected through officially recognised private conservation initiatives. However, most of these protected areas are actually for the management of resource use and extraction, rather than for the preservation of the environment. (en)
- Según la IUCN, en Belice hay 120 áreas protegidas que representan 8.402 km², el 37,68% del país, además de 3.654 km² de áreas marinas, el 10,08% de los 36.250 km² que ocupan de sus aguas territoriales. De estas, 18 son parques nacionales, 8 son reservas marinas, 4 son reservas naturales, 18 son reservas forestales, 5 son monumentos naturales, 8 son santuarios de la naturaleza, 8 son reservas privadas, 6 son reservas públicas, 16 son reservas arqueológicas y 1 es un manglar (cayo San Jorge). Además, hay 1 patrimonio de la humanidad, 2 sitios Ramsar que ocupan 236 km² (Crooked Tree y Parque nacional Sarstoon Temash) y 6 IBAs (Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas) que ocupan 31.346 km². El Gobierno de Belice ha creado corredores naturales que permiten a los animales desplazarse entre los hábitats protegidos. La primera zona protegida y probablemente la más importante sea el santuario reserva natural de Cockscomb (Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary) creado en los años 1980 en la vertiente oriental de los Montes Maya para la preservación del jaguar. (es)
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- Since declaring independence in 1981, Belize has enacted many environmental protection laws aimed at the preservation of the country's natural and cultural heritage, as well as its wealth of natural resources. These acts have established a number of different types of protected areas, with each category having its own set of regulations dictating public access, resource extraction, land use and ownership. However, most of these protected areas are actually for the management of resource use and extraction, rather than for the preservation of the environment. (en)
- Según la IUCN, en Belice hay 120 áreas protegidas que representan 8.402 km², el 37,68% del país, además de 3.654 km² de áreas marinas, el 10,08% de los 36.250 km² que ocupan de sus aguas territoriales. De estas, 18 son parques nacionales, 8 son reservas marinas, 4 son reservas naturales, 18 son reservas forestales, 5 son monumentos naturales, 8 son santuarios de la naturaleza, 8 son reservas privadas, 6 son reservas públicas, 16 son reservas arqueológicas y 1 es un manglar (cayo San Jorge). Además, hay 1 patrimonio de la humanidad, 2 sitios Ramsar que ocupan 236 km² (Crooked Tree y Parque nacional Sarstoon Temash) y 6 IBAs (Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas) que ocupan 31.346 km². (es)
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