The trees behind the seabirds
At Half Moon Caye, BAS’s 2024 census found boobies favoring ziricote and frigatebirds favoring milk berry. Look at the nesting trees, too.
BAS Annual Report 2024 p. 28 ↗PDF · 81 MBThere is more to the view.
Look beyond the postcard: the trees that shelter seabirds, the wetlands that hold floodwater, and the people caring for the places you come to see.
THE WORK BEHIND THE WONDER
Explore the evidence ↗
From the field.
A closer look at the places you visit, drawn from BAS’s own reports and field guides.
A wetland that holds floodwater
Crooked Tree holds floodwater from the Belize River. BAS’s 2024 report describes daily water-level monitoring: the wetland matters to communities as well as birds.
BAS Annual Report 2024 p. 29 ↗PDF · 81 MBThe work behind a forest visit
Park fees support BAS. Its 2024 report also records tubing-access ropes and Victoria Peak bridge repairs: practical work behind forest adventures.
BAS Annual Report 2024 pp. 18, 54 ↗PDF · 81 MBLearning to read a reef
BAS’s education guide describes Reef Protectors learning turtle-nest monitoring, beach profiling, bird counts, seagrass surveys and fish identification. A reef becomes a living classroom, connecting young people from fishing communities with the details of their own marine environment.
BAS Environmental Education Programme · 2021 archive p. 2 ↗PDF · 0.2 MBConservation with the community
BAS’s community-outreach guide records meetings with the Maya Center Women’s Group and Forest Department to strengthen cooperation and share the benefits of Cockscomb’s management. It adds a human story to the landscape visitors explore through Maya Centre.
BAS Community Outreach · 2021 archive p. 1 ↗PDF · 0.2 MBGood visits need thoughtful planning
The 2020–2023 BIOPAMA plan paired solar power and trail improvements with visitor-use plans and limits on environmental change. Its tourism ambition was to improve the experience while caring for the landscape and seascape. These were planned activities, not a completion report.
BAS BIOPAMA project plan · 2020–2023 p. 10 ↗PDF · 2.9 MBThe coast’s future includes its communities
The 2025–2029 Blue Action project plans to include Indigenous and Garifuna communities in marine conservation and build climate adaptation into management plans. Its approach connects reef protection with the people whose livelihoods depend on the coast; these are project commitments, not verified outcomes.
Blue Action Fund grant fact sheet · June 2025 p. 1 ↗PDF · 1.6 MBBeyond the best-known wildlife
Alongside jaguars and grouper, BAS’s conservation guide highlights research on hicatee river turtles and yellow-headed parrots to fill gaps in knowledge. These less familiar species help tell the wider story of Belize’s biodiversity and the care its habitats need.
BAS Conservation Programme · 2021 archive p. 1 ↗PDF · 0.2 MB