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Mar 15, 2021 Encroachments in the Bladen Nature Reserve There is trouble brewing in one of Belize’s nature reserves, the kind that could escalate as it has in the Chiquibul.  This time, it is the Bladen Reserve in Toledo facing millions of dollars in losses from extracted resources.  The reserve is a hundred thousand acres of forest that enjoys the highest status of protection in Belize where hunting, fishing, logging, tourism and agricultural activities are not allowed. But tonight, reporter Andrea Polanco tells us more about illegal logging in the Bladen Reserve.    Andrea Po...

Dec 11, 2020 BNCF awards $80K in grant funding! The Belize Nature Conservation Foundation has awarded two more grants in its 2020 projects cycle. Two NGOs that co-manage sites in the Belize National Protected Areas System were awarded funds to strengthen the management of their sites. A brief virtual ceremony was held on Thursday to acknowledge the handing over to the awardees. News Five joined the online session to find out more about how the funds will help to advance conservation work in Belize. Here’s the story:   Andrea Polanco, Reporting The Belize Nature Conservation Founda...