The citizen science program is well underway. We can safely say that the effort by these volunteers help protect the scarlet macaws and help increase the wild populations in the Chiquibul. FCD remains grateful of their support.

The FCD Extension Technician successfully convened a farmers meeting in the Vaca Forest Reserve. It was resolved to call in a special session of the Friends of the Vaca Forest Reserve in order to elect new Committee members. It is expected that a new committee will help strengthen governance in the reserve which will lead […]

With the financial assistance from the Canada Fund for Local Initiative (CLI), FCD is embarking on an 8 month project to promote a dialogue and support between hotspot communities along the Belize-Guatemala Adjacency Zone whilst fomenting confidence building and reducing the incidences of forest fires. Annually the threats of cross border fires into Belize’s Chiquibul-Maya […]