Belize reaffirms calls for stronger international support for biodiversity

YEREVAN, Armenia (CMC) – Belize has reaffirmed its commitment to biodiversity conservation, sustainable development, and inclusive natural resource management.

Sustainable Development and Climate Change Minister, Orlando Habet, led the country’s  delegationn to the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), highlighting the country’s  national conservation achievements and priorities for implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Habet said that approximately 40 per cent of Belize’s land territory is within protected areas, forest cover remains close to 60 per cent, and the country is close to protecting 30 per cent of its ocean space.