Throughout Central America, natural areas are being linked by biological corridors - special land use links that allow the movement of species between these areas, ensuring a flow of genetic material between isolated populations while also encouraging sustainable land use by local people; a coexistence of conservation and economic development. The establishment of these corridors is a part of one of the most important and ambitious conservation projects to date; the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor Program.

We have worked to create an opportunity for a Biological Corridor Monitoring Programme in the northwest corner of the Property. The programme would provide a critical physical linkage between the Shipstern Nature Reserve and the Freshwater Creek Reserve, through which an abundance of wildlife can disperse freely.

This is part of the National Pilot Project - collaboration between Wildtracks, the National Office of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridors Program, the Protected Areas / Wildlife Programs of the Government of Belize’s Forestry Department, the Belize Audubon Society and the Wildlife Conservation Society.

It's quite a prestigious project and one that has enhanced the profile of the Property while providing comprehensive data on the natural resources of the North West corner, which will guide future conservation efforts.