Port Honduras Marine Reserve Explained

Port Honduras Marine Reserve
Iucn Category:	IV
Map:	Belize
Relief:	1
Location:	Gulf of Honduras, Belize
Nearest City:	Punta Gorda^[1]
Coordinates:	16.203°N -88.634°W
Coords Ref:	^[2]
Established:	January 2000
Governing Body:	Belize Fisheries Department Toledo Institute for Development and Environment

Port Honduras Marine Reserve is a national protected marine reserve in the Toledo district of Belize. It was established in January 2000,^[1] and covers of mangrove and coastal ecosystems. It encompasses over one hundred small, mangrove-fringed cayes, benthic habitats comprising soft-bottom seagrass beds and fringing reefs.^[3]

The reserve is co-managemened by the community-based Non Governmental Organization the Toledo Institute for Development and Environment.^[3] It is divided into three zones: a general use zone, a preservation zone^[4] and a conservation zone.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Belize Tourism Board. Port of Honduras Marine Reserve. Travel Belize. 3 September 2011.
2. Web site: Port Honduras Marine Reserve. protectedplanet.net.
3. Web site: Toledo Institute for Development and Environment. Port Honduras Marine Reserve. 3 August 2011.
4. Web site: Belize Tropical Forest Studies . 2010 . Port Honduras (General Use) . Biodiversity and Environmental Resource Data System .
5. Web site: Belize Tropical Forest Studies . 2010 . Port Honduras (Conservation Zone) . Biodiversity and Environmental Resource Data System .