Welcome to SACD’s ‘Love and Protect’ Crossword Challenge! Open to all primary and high school students from the Stakeholder communities of Corozal Bay Wildlife Sanctuary – enter before February 28th to be in with a chance of winning an Amazon Fire 7 tablet to assist you with your studies! Click the links below to download […]
‘Smart Coasts’ Project
What is the ‘Smart Coasts’ Project? The ‘Smart Coasts’ project is aiming to increase the capacity of National Governments, Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), and coastal communities in the Mesoamerican Reef (MAR) region to be able to adapt to the ever-increasing threat posed by global climate change. By working at local, national, and regional management […]
SACD’s ‘Back to School’ Trivi
Welcome to SACD’s ‘Back to School’ Trivia Competition! Open to all primary and high school students from the Stakeholder communities of Corozal Bay Wildlife Sanctuary – enter before January 31st to be in with a chance of winning an Amazon Fire 7 tablet to assist you with your studies! Click the links below to download […]
Corozal Bay Dolphin Necropsy ...
As many of you are aware, On 12th September, SACD responded to a call from Mr. Ryan Rivera, Oceana’s representative in Corozal Town of a dead dolphin calf that washed up on the shores of Cerros Sands Resort, near Copper Bank Village. The second report of a dead dolphin in just a few weeks. Unlike […]
Tour Guide Graduation Ceremon...
SACD wants to send a BIG CONGRATULATIONS to the twenty-two (22) individuals that successfully completed the General Tour Guide Course supported by MCCAP, TASA, BTB and the Chunox St. Viator High School! SACD is very hopeful that the 22 men and women that completed the course are not just equipped with additional skill to pursue […]
CBWS Fishers Exchange in Punt...
Last week (October 24th to 27th), a group of 13 stakeholders from Corozal Bay Wildlife Sanctuary – including local fishers, their wives and CBAC members – had the chance to visit the renowned fishing cooperative of Vigía Chico in Punta Allen, Quintana Roo, to learn about their history, fishing practices and regulations, management and structure. […]
MAR Fund representatives site...
SACD welcomed the site visit of MAR Fund representatives to Corozal Bay Wildlife Sanctuary during the 29th- 31st of October, 2018. The main purpose of the visit was to evaluate progress on the current OAK re-granting project entitled “Strengthening SACD management and institutional capacity to improve long term financial and management sustainability” provided to SACD, […]
SACD representing Belize in M...
From August 5 to 18, our Executive Director Joel Verde (2012 Cohort) and Natural Resource Program Manager Leomir Santoya, participated in the 2018 MAR-leadership workshop that was held at the Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología de la Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM), in Puerto Morelos. The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) team trained this […]
Tour guides in training – Ope
We are once more very proud of being part of yet another initiative that bring benefits to the communities up north. This Monday, 21st May 2018, was the official launch of the Tour Guide Training. This time benefits expanded to Chunox and Copper Bank with the unofficial slogan “Tour guides in Training for the Northern […]
Congratulation to our Lucky W...
From time to time, SACD take the opportunity to raffle an incentive for the fisher who choose to participate in meetings and sessions related to the better management of Corozal Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (CBWS)!” Here is the lucky winner of the last raffle which was done in February 23rd, 2018 during a capacity building session […]