It might be known as 'The Jewel', a nickname that reflects its rich cultural heritage and natural beauty, but Belize is not on the main Caribbean tourist trail just yet.

They discovered in almost all of them, adult fish populations have either ... Bluestriped grunts swim around a reef in Hol Chan Marine Reserve, Belize. Luciano Candisani /iLCP However, the 11 ...

It’s home to colorful fish, shrimp, groupers ... Heritage Site and second in size after the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, the Belize Barrier Reef extends more than 180 miles along the ...

The clear waters teem with kaleidoscopic corals, vast shoals of tropical fish and iconic ... canyons — from Belize’s Barrier Reef to the Cayman Trench. For all the life on the Caribbean ...

The toucan is the national bird of Belize. This country draws birders from all over ... The reef is an integral part in many Belizeans’ livelihoods, whether in the fishing industry or tourism ...

But climate change and warming oceans, excessive fishing and mangrove felling, and unchecked coastal development all pose risks to the fragile ecosystem. The reef’s chances of survival received a ...

The Nassau grouper, a commercially valuable reef fish found in the Caribbean ... vulnerable to illegal harvest in Belize and throughout the region. See All Key Ideas In 1975, famed explorer ...

It has also boosted its no-fishing zones from 3 percent ... which have also polluted the reef. While all of that is great news for Belize, Root points out that the reef still faces challenges ...

In 1996, UNESCO designated the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System a ... still face. Gill net fishing, invasive lionfish, and pollution runoff are all major issues as well. Chanona isn’t sure ...

Caribbean coral reefs have transformed into algal ... based on our age models (time/5 cm increment). Fish teeth were analysed from all five sediment size fractions. To remove small carbonate ...