Cayo Scoop! The Ecology of Cayo Culture

Great news for local protected areas. The Belize Nature Conservation Foundation awarded the Belize Karst Habitat Conservation $38,977.54 for their “Enhancing the capacity of Belize Karst Habitat Conservation for the implementation of a Water Quality Research” project. They also awarded the Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary $39,000 for their “Sustaining the Integrity of the Monkey Bay National Park through Improved Resource management” project. Thanks, BNCF!

CNN published an article about the Maya Forest Corridor in Belize, which is instrumental for Jaguar migration.  Worth a read.  

"In an attempt to avert this catastrophe, a number of conservation organizations -- including Runaway Creek Nature Reserve, Panthera, Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize Zoo, the Wildlife Conservation Society and re:wild -- joined forces to protect one essential slice of land within the jaguar's geographic range: the Maya Forest Corridor. The relatively small area -- less than six miles wide and covering 90,000 acres -- has outsized consequences for South America's biggest cat."