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#1 Belmopan

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Posted 14 September 2011 - 05:50 AM

Concern is growing in Belize over increasing efforts to commercialise and even conduct offshore oil drilling off the pristine Turneffe Atoll. Belize Conservation Activist Trevor Vernor recently wrote an article on this threat to the Belize environment:

Turneffe Atoll is widely known for its extensive mangrove cover which represents approximately 12% of the Belize's national mangrove cover (Meerman, 2005).

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Full article at Belize.com





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