The Voice of Belize’s Protected Areas …
APAMO’s 1st Protected Areas Management Symposium “Communities and Resource Managers: Bridging the Gap – Engaging Communities in Integrated Resource Management” September 23, 2011River Hall Conference Room, Belize Best Western Biltmore Plaza, Belize City Overarching Goal: To assess how communities, whose livelihoods depend on the sustainability of natural resources, can become better engaged in the management of these resources through people-centred management approaches. Specific Objectives: (1) To inform the Belizean citizenry about recent and current scientific research and projects conducted in Belize by community based NGOs and other relevant; and (2) to provide an environment where groups interested in facilitating improved people-centred management practices such as: natural resource dependent communities; natural resource managers; protected areas managers; government regulating agencies; conservation based funding agencies; conservation focussed CBOs and NGOs, universities – both academia and students; and civil society can collectively meet and share lessons learnt. ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ 8:10-8:25 Registration 8:30-8:40 Opening Prayer 8:40-8:50 National Anthem 8:50-9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks – Yvette Alonzo, Executive Director APAMO 9:00-9:20 Belize Audubon Society and its Community Program – Lucito Ayuso, BAS Community Liaison Officer 9:20-9:40 Fostering community-led mangrove restoration and preservation for the Placencia Peninsula and Lagoon – Adrian Vernon, Community Researcher PCSD 9:40-10:00 Community Participation in Coastal Zone Planning: The key to successful Resource Management or the Rope that strangles growth? – Collin Gillett, Director CZMAI 10:00-10:20 Morning Break 10:20-10:40 Marine Protected Areas in Mexico: Tourism and Conservation – Dr. Luis Carlos Santander Botello, University of Quintana Roo 10:40-11:00 Visitor Impact Management at Laughing Bird Caye National Park – Arlene Maheia, Program Assistant National Protected Areas Secretariat 11:00-11:20 Effectiveness of Different Levels of Management on Three Marine Protected Areas – Dr. Annelise Hagan, Science Program Director SEA 11:20-11:40 Swallow Caye Wildlife Sanctuary Management Plan – Maria Vega, Environmental Consultant and Andre Reneau, Research Officer FOSC
The Voice of Belize’s Protected Areas … 11:40-12:00 Manage Access versus Open Access Fishing at the Port Honduras Marine Reserve – Seleem Chan, Marine Manager TIDE 12:00-1:15 Lunch Break 1:30-1:50 Land use change and fragmentation in the Maya Golden Landscape: the need for spatially explicit Community Resource and Development Plans – Maarten Hofman, Research Officer/Terrestrial Ecologist Ya’axhé Conservation Trust 1:50-2:20 Poster Presentations: Contributors(1) Monitoring biodiversity in the Maya Golden Landscape – Lee McLoughlin, Protected Areas Manager and Maarten Hofman, Research Manager, Ya’axché Conservation Trust (2) Providing Hands on learning experience for students at the Southern Marine Protected Areas within the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System – World Heritage Site – Christine Garcia, Education & Outreach Director SEA (Afternoon snacks will be served) 2:20-2:40 Revision of Recommendations for Natural Resource Management in Belize – Evita Quiroz. Development Officer APAMO 2:45-3:00 Closing Remarks and Thank You – Ralna Lamb, Project Officer APAMO