Environment Archives - Belize News Post

Cutting Edge Farming, Environmentally Responsible Farming in Patchakan...

June 4, 2009 4 comments

Belize New Post is always on the lookout for stories from Belize. This story comes from our resident PhD in agronomy, the science of soil, Dr. Thomas Post. The following is a short photo story of Alf...

An Inconvient Truth, Crooked Tree Wildlife Preserve Road Chocking the ...

June 1, 2009 3 comments

Once again the Belizean struggle between financial gain and environmental preservation has lost ground in favor of cashing in now; Crooked Tree Wildlife Preserve is the latest casualty.

Belize Strikes Oil, Video Footage

May 7, 2009 no comments

This is older footage documenting the discovery of oil in Belize circa 2002 produced by Ajeezera Network.

First Blood, SATIIM Wins Small Victory

May 7, 2009 2 comments

Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management (SATIIM) met Prime Minister Dean Barrow and Deputy Prime Minister Gasper Vega after reporting a GOB move to allow seismic testing in a protected ar...

Who Cleared Victoria Peak?

April 30, 2009 1 comment

Victoria Peak is a national monument and part of the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Preserve. Last week someone cleared a 15ft square area near the summit, becoming the focus a “who dunnit” sca...

Will there be blood?

April 27, 2009 no comments

Greg Choq the leader of the Mayan group Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management (SATIM) has accused Dean Barrow of secretly allowing a US oil company US Capital Energy to begin exploratio...

The Effect of Climate Change on Low Lying Belize, Part 1 of 2.

April 18, 2009 no comments

This video by the World Wild Life Foundation provides a base line assessment of the danger global warming poses to the people and geography of Belize.