And in other News related to the Chiquibul National Park, last week Friday the Friends For Conservation and Development held a bi-national consultation at the OAS Adjacency Zone Office at the Benque border. The purpose is to try to decrease the number of Guatemalan incursions into the Chiqubul.
14 Belizeans, including representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Forestry Department, the Agriculture Department, Immigration, BDF, Police and FCD met with 15 Guatemalan officials to discuss the Chiquibul-Maya Mountain Action Plan. Attending from the Guatemalan side were representatives from the Guatemalan Ministry of Agriculture, Associacion Balam, CONAP - which is like their version of PACT, the Guatemalan consulate, and INAB.
FCD reports that this is the third time that a Chiquibul-Maya Mountains Technical plan is being developed, and it serves as a roadmap for FCD and their counterparts, Balam, who are on the ground actively trying to do conservation work to protect the Chiquibul on both sides. The first plan was developed in 2007 and then in 2013.
The 2013 Action Plan outlined 3 main areas of focus: environmental security and governance; environmental education and human welfare; and sustainable livelihoods.
The FCD notes that the OAS Adjacency Zone Office and the British Embassy were very important in making this forum possible.
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