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Our work is supported by many partners, both local and international. We thank them for their support of our work so that we can engage stakeholders in Belize to take ownership of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System World Heritage Site and associated marine ecosystems and marine life.
Belize Fisheries Department
ECOMAR collaborates very closely with the Belize Fisheries Department. We work closely with them in identifying project goals in the areas of monitoring for coral bleaching, managing lionfish and documenting abundance levels of sea turtles throughout Belize. The biologists of the marine protected areas they manage play a crucial roll in each of these projects.
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World Wildlife Fund
WWF focuses on "enabling adaption to climate change" and has supported the Coral Watch project since 2008 as we engage stakeholders in monitoring coral bleaching throughout Belize to identify resilient reefs.
In 2011 WWF was a founding supporter of the Belize Turtle Watch Program as we try to identify if climate change is impacting sea turtle populations in Belize. |
Protected Areas Conservation Trust
PACT has supported the Belize Coral Watch Program, Lionfish Project and the Belize Turtle Watch Program. Their support over the years has been crucial as we reach out and engage stakeholders in diverse backgrounds.
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Community Management of Protected Areas
COMPACT has supported the Belize Lionfish Project since 2009. Their support of the project has enabled ECOMAR to work with the Fisheries Department and other members of the Belize National Coral Reef Monitoring Network to engage stakeholders to manage the invasive lionfish throughout Belize.
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Gulf & Caribbean Fisheries Institute
GCFI has supported the Lionfish Project and the Belize Turtle Watch Program. Their support has been extremely valuable to achieving the program goals of these projects.
In 2010 GCFI and it's partners in the Small Grant Fund supported the Belize-Bahamas Fishermen Exchange Program so we could learn first hand how the Bahamas was managing lionfish. In 2011 ECOMAR received support from the GCFI Small Grants Fund to support the Belize Turtle Watch Program In-Water Sea Turtle Surveys. |
The Nature Conservancy
In 2008 ECOMAR partnered with The Nature Conservancy to launch the Mesoamerican Reef Coral Watch Program in Belize.
In 2010 TNC was instrumental in facilitating the Belize Bahamas Fishermen Exchange as a team from Belize traveled to the Bahamas to learn about lionfish management techniques. In 2011 ECOMAR became a Conservation Partner of TNC and received GIS software and a laptop to use in mapping data collected in our projects. |
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The Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network is an expert network of biologists, managers, community leaders and educators in more than 40 nations and territories committed to an integrated, regional capacity that ensures the recovery and sustainable management of depleted sea turtle populations.
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One of the many ways WIDECAST assists countries in the Caribbean is by producing and making available printed materials that assist organizations working in the field to conserve sea turtles. WIDECAST supported the Belize Sea Turtle Workshop that was held in 2011.
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