After ten years, a new website has been launched by FCD which is more representative of the work the organization does. In 2007, with the signing of a co-management agreement with the Forest Department, FCD initiated a more robust program of ecosystem protection. Our work since then was centered on the Chiquibul National Park. Over […]

The Chiquibul Cave System is a system of four hydrologically linked caves totalling approximately 149.7 hectares in length. Explorations conducted in the 80s have revealed that the cave system starts in Belize’s Chiquibul Forest but ends in Guatemala. The section in Guatemala is known as Xibalba. FCD has partnered with Atlas Arqueológico (AA) from Guatemala […]

With the inventory of the Chiquibul Cave System (CCS) finalized, FCD’s Cultural Heritage Technician took an opportunity to update staff from the Institute of Archaeology (IA) on the status of the CCS and the Karst Management Unit participated on a field trip to recover cultural artefacts. FCD has a co-management agreement with IA since 2008 […]