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| Population: |
256,000 |
| Access to clean water: |
82% |
| Deforestation: |
36,000 hectares lost in 1999-2000 |
| Our Project: |
Trees Belize has been able to
establish eleven nurseries country wide. 5,445 trees have
been planted, 1,700 seeds have been set thus far and 43 more
nurseries have yet to be established.
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2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998 |
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| Read a past 2005 trip report from Central America |
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| Current Participants:
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| Future Activities |
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Establishment of a nursery at
the Valley of Peace Primary School (Cayo District) |
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Establishment of a nursery at the University
of Belize, (Toledo District) |
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Establishment of a nursery at Eden Primary
School, Santa Elena (Cayo District) |
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Establishment of 40 nurseries in the village
of San Antonio by farmers (Cayo District) |
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Transplanting of 100 seedlings for a Belize
City Park Project in conjunction with Peace Corps a day after
Thanksgiving. |
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| Anglican
Cathedral College (ACC) (Belize District) |
| The Anglican Cathedral
College in Belize City recently planted 300 Teak seeds and 300 Mahogany
seeds. The seedlings will be planted in the Belize District. |
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| Armenia
(Cayo District) |
The Standard
five and six students from Armenia 
Government School recently sold 618 seedlings to a farmer along on
the Hummingbird Highway who is replacing his citrus orchards with
a mix of timber and non-timber trees. This reforestation initiative
has greatly helped the Armenia Government School financially. The
school will buy the next batch of bags and the money remaining will
be profit for the school. In January the students will plant 1,000
more Mahogany and 1,000 more Cedar, which will be sold in July. |
Armenia
students preparing nursery bags |
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| Mahogany &
Cedar seedlings inside temporary nurseries, ready to be transported
to transplanting site. |
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| Eco-
Agriculture Project |
In February 2003 through
funding from the UNDP Small Grants Program and partial funding from
Trees for the Future, Trees Belize began an eco-agriculture project
working with twenty-five farmers. These farmers live within five villages
located in the Belize District, including, May Pen, Gardenia, Biscayne,
Crooked Tree and Lemonal. Each Farmer had to design a model for their
farm and planted a minimum of one hundred trees on their farm-land.
A variety of trees have been planted including hardwoods and fruit
trees. To date a total of 4, 627 trees have been planted throughout
the five villages in the Belize District. The farmers have quickly
seen the importance of planting trees on their farm with the knowledge
that their land is more valuable and their livelihood better through
the planting of trees. Many of the farmers wish they would have done
tree planting on their farmland years ago.
Trees Belize has seen a numerous successes throughout this project.
Farmers have gained skills in plant propagation including air layering
and grafting, and in orchard management. These skills will allow the
farmland to flourish years from now as the farmers have learned proper
upkeep to produce maximum yields. |
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Vetiver Grass
planted by Maypen Project Participant, Carl McCulloch |
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Antonio Roman Catholic School (Cayo District) |
| The standard four students
at San Antonio RC School recently constructed one nursery where they
planted three hundred seeds, a mixture of Teak, Cabbage Bark, Mahogany,
Melina and Cedar. The trees will be planted on the school compound.
Assisting in this San Antonio Pentecostal and R.C. schools are Peace
Corps Volunteer Jennifer Barrie, who is working with the San Antonio
Village Council and Don Elijio Panti National Park. |
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Presentation on the "Role of Trees on the
Environment" to students of San Antonio Roman Catholic School |
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Antonio United Pentecostal School (Cayo District) |
| Standard five and six
students from United Pentecostal School in San Antonio recently constructed
one nursery where they planted three hundred seeds, a mixture of Teak,
Cabbage Bark, Mahogany, Melina and Cedar. The students are growing
the trees in conjunction with a school garden project and will plant
the trees throughout the school property. |
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Presentation to students of San Antonio United
Pentecostal School on the "Role of Trees on the Environment"
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| San
Estevan Roman Catholic School (Orange Walk District) |
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school year the standard five and six students grew approximately
200 seedlings to transplant around the school compound. Two weeks
ago, 26 standard six students participated in transplanting 150 seedlings,
a mixture of Cedar and Mahogany. Fifty seedlings were planted around
the school border and the remaining seedlings were transplanted around
the football field adjacent to the school. |
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Jose RC School (Toledo District) |
| Standard four students
from San Jose Village, Punta Gorda recently constructed two nurseries
and planted 500 seeds. The students planted Cedar, Mahogany, Teak
and Cabbage Bark. The students worked very hard to carry small bags
of soil and gather Cohune leaves for the nursery. Two students each
week will be responsible for maintaining the seedlings. The seedlings
will be transplanted on the school compound and around the San Jose
Community. Peace Corps Volunteers Margie and Harry Bennett who work
with the San Jose Village Coucil are overseeing this project. |
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kids carried small plastic bags filled with soil a quarter
mile away, uphill, towards the nursery site, which is at the
school. (Trees Belize PCV Shannon Ruh, left bottom pic. And
San Jose PCV Harry Bennett, right bottom pic.) |
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