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Min Alamilla Sets Things Straight With Crooked Tree
posted (November 28, 2012)
Two weeks ago, we showed you how the villagers of Crooked Tree were "chopped up" with the Belize Audubon Society. Some of that anger was misplaced because the forestry and fisheries regulations they were talking abut really fall under Government Department.

And so, today, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Sustainable Development Lisel Alamilla met with representatives from the Crooked Tree Action Group.

The idea behind the meeting was for the community to vent their concerns about the management of the Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary.

Alamilla told them that there is an exercise underway which looking at the viability of the present status of the protected areas, and this includes the Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary.

But, as an interim olive branch, she directed that the logwood that was seized would be returned to the villager.

And going forward, Forestry and Fisheries authorities will meet in two weeks' time with representatives from Crooked Tree to improve dialogue.

An official release says that in the interim, the representatives agreed to work within the confines of the regulations of Wildlife Sanctuary.

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