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01/09/2012 Forest Cover and Deforestation in Belize, 2010-2012: Summary Report
Although Belize is recognised as the Mesoamerican nation with the highest percent forest cover, the researchers' ... 		CATHALAC (the Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean)

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19/03/2012 Use of Airborne LiDAR to Delineate Canopy Degradation and Encroachment Along the Guatemala-Belize Border
Tropical rainforest clearing and degradation significantly reduces carbon sequestration and increases ... 		Tropical Conservation Science (John F. Weishampel, Jessica N. Hightower, Arlen F. Chase, Diane Z. Chase)

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27/01/2011 National Forest Programme (NFP) Facility Newsletter, January 2011
The NFP Facility, hosted by FAO, was created in 2002 to support countries to develop and implement their ... 		National Forest Programme (NFP) Facility

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09/10/2010 Forest Cover and Deforestation in Belize: 1980-2010
This study demonstrates the utility of Earth observation technologies for monitoring the forest resources ... 		Emil A Cherrington et al

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NEWS

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11/02/2013 Rosewood in Belize: the truth behind the smoke
In Belize, the uncontrolled and often illegal harvesting of rosewood has been, and still is, one of the ... 		Mongabay.com

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10/08/2012 Deforestation increases in Belize
... 		7 News, Belize

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09/08/2012 Deforestation accelerates in Belize
Deforestation in Belize has accelerated since late 2010, reports a new satellite-based assessment of ... 		Mongabay.com

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19/03/2012 Airborne lasers discover undocumented deforestation in Belize park
A NASA funded expedition using airborne lasers to study ancient Mayan ruins has also documented widespread ... 		Mongabay.com

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06/12/2011 Seismic trails cut by U.S. oil firm in Belizean national park used by illegal loggers
By Robin Oisín Llewellyn, special to mongabay.com

In the Belizean rainforest two rangers look ... 		Mongabay.com

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22/11/2011 Guats caught red-handed razing Chiquibul
Friends for Conservation and Development (FCD), the NGO co-managing the Chiquibul National Park with ... 		Amandala Online, Belize

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19/11/2011 Chiquibul cheated of US $8M
Belize has lost more than US$8 million in timber and xate to Guatemalans encroaching on Belizean land, ... 		The Reporter, Belize

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11/11/2011 Guat illegal logging - "A time bomb in the Chiquibul!"
Information reaching our newspaper from conservationists in southern and western Belize confirms that ... 		Amandala Online, Belize

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09/08/2011 China demand seems to be driving illegal harvesting of rosewood: Cristina Coc
At the end of last month, the Maya Leaders Alliance (MLA) vocalized concerns about illegal logging in ... 		Amandala Online, Belize

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14/07/2011 Chiquibul forest shootout between BDF & Guatemalan loggers
For a one and half years now we've been telling you about the increasing encroachments in the Chiquibul ... 		7 News Belize

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06/07/2011 Forest officer responds to concerns of illegal logging
Yesterday Love News began coverage of the illegal logging of Rosewood in the Toledo District. Love News ... 		LoveFM.com

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05/07/2011 Community activist/politician raises concern over illegal logging in southern Belize
Illegal logging has been a problem throughout Belize, and today the Leader of the People’s National ... 		LoveFM.com

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20/05/2011 Illegal logging in Chiquibul costing Belize at least $15 million
Executive Director of Friends for Conservation and Development (FCD), Rafael Manzanero, said Tuesday ... 		Amandala Online, Belize

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15/02/2011 Central America has highest rate of forest loss in region
Guatemala City - Central America has suffered the highest rate of forest loss in Latin America over the ... 		IPS News

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15/12/2010 Chiquibul: under sustained attack
... 		7 News Belize

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07/11/2010 Belize lost 10,000 ha of forest per year since 1980
Forests in Belize have been cleared at a rate of nearly 10,000 hectares per year for the past 30 years, ... 		Mongabay.com

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28/06/2009 Belize barrier reef, Colombia's Los Katios Park on UNESCO's danger list
The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System and Colombia's Los Katios National Park entered UNESCO (United ... 		China View

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07/06/2007 Cedar, rosewood fail to win protection at U.N. talks
The Hague, The Netherlands - Bids to curb logging of South and Central American cedar and rosewood trees, ... 		Reuters (UK)

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