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Opinion Matola's Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center is credited with having helped spark a greater environmental awareness in the nation. Mexico’s southern jungle loses firebrand environmental advocate Sharon Matola lived simply, dedicating most of her life to protecting tropical wildlife 47shares The year is 1983. Surrounded by a small menagerie of injured rare wild animals, Sharon Matola has a decision to make. The animals in her charge are unable to take care of themselves in the wild, and they are in the middle of the Mexico-Belize tropical forest with no real a...

On a shoestring and a whim, she founded the Belize Zoo, an institution that awakened national pride in the country’s ecological treasures and became a model of creative conservation.

Well-known herbalist Dr. Rosita Arvigo, in a video conference with Pro-Organic Belize members last week, updated them on her 40 years’ experience of organic gardening. According to Dr. Arvigo, her essential roles with gardening has brought shares of failures and success. While gardening on a one-acre plot, some 1,800 feet above the Macal River, she discovered that her vegetable production had decreased and the topsoil became hard and brittle. That problem was solved with several bags of compost obtained from the nearby Chaa Creek Resort. Today, Dr. Arvigo maintains a vegetable garden that d...

Chaa Creek Highlights The Rise Of Slow and Regenerative Travel in Belize For 2021 Share Article The Lodge at Chaa Creek says the rise of Slow Travel and Regenerative Travel is a positive trend, holding benefits for the health of the environment, local communities, and travelers. Belize's The Lodge at Chaa Creek proves that luxury and sustainability can go hand in hand The wellbeing of our country's natural environment, communities and health has always been a priority SAN IGNACIO, Belize (PRWEB) February 02, 2021 Belize eco reso...

Jan 11, 2021 Joseph Myvett The decomposed, skeletal remains of an unidentified man washed up on the Macal River bank in Cayo. It was discovered on Saturday morning in the vicinity of Black Rock Road. Police say that the individual had been dead for a while, and they believe that it is not the body of Miguel Caceros, who has been missing since January first. Assistant Commissioner of Police Joseph Myvett says an autopsy to determine the cause of death is pending.   ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “Also on Saturday, sometime around 9:30 a.m., police wer...