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Old growth Caribbean pine, Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area, Belize
© Ron Myers |
Staff from Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area and Paynes Creek National Park have participated in Network workshops. Rio Bravo has also hosted a number of Network workshops and training sessions.
Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area encompasses 260,000 acres (105,200 ha) of lush sub-tropical forest including fire-dependent lowland pine savanna and lowland pine forest. The reserve is owned and managed by Programme for Belize, and is part of a major biological corridor that is critical to biodiversity conservation in Central America. Paynes Creek National Park is a 30,000-acre (12,140-ha) Caribbean pine savanna in the southern part of the country that is burning too frequently. Nature Conservancy staff from Florida are currently working with TIDE, the NGO partner that manages the park, to reduce the number of fires to allow pine regeneration and survival. Caribbean pine is the sole nesting tree for the endangered yellow-headed parrot.
A draft ecological model for the Pinus caribaea ecosystem maintained by fire in the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area is available.
View a poster about Belize fire and conservation issues that was presented at the 2004 World Conservation Congress.
Learn more about the Conservancy's work in Belize.
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