Agriculture was long thought to be the biggest contributing factor toward the development of civilization in ancient Mesoamerica, but the discovery of a network of canals in modern-day Belize ...

La Milpa, situated in northern Belize, stands out as one of the region's largest archaeological sites, having served as the capital of an ancient Maya city-state. Its significance is indicated by ...

WWF believes that an oil spill anywhere within Belize’s waters could be catastrophic for residents whose livelihoods depend on healthy marine and coastal ecosystems. A spill also could threaten ...

In the MesoAmerican Reef, WWF with the support of NOAA local partners ... The ads were aired in March 2004 and coincided with community meetings held in fishing communities in Belize, Mexico and ...

Belize is the home of the earliest Maya settlements ... as other scientists have hypothesized. "For Mesoamerica in general, we tend to regard agricultural production as the engine of civilization, but ...

The transaction allowed Belize to commit to protecting 30% of its territorial sea, which houses part of the Mesoamerican Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It also enabled the country to strengthen ...