Mappy GIS Day! Today is the 2023 World GIS Day celebrated under the theme; “Celebrating the GIS Professional.” At FCD geographic information systems (GIS) forms a significant part of the Biodiversity Research, Monitoring and Inventory Framework. Data collected through many of our GIs platforms allows us to access and use current, historical, and time-series information […]

FCD’s Environmental Educator, Justin Pook, along with a team of three volunteer enumerators, are currently conducting a community questionnaire survey in the Belize River valley as part of the UNDP GEF6 project titled “Integrated Management of Production Landscapes to deliver multiple global environmental benefits”. The data gathered will help in the design of a community […]

It’s Forest Fact Fridays! Did you know that “Run to Safe Macaws” is an important annual activity organized by BWRC that supports the biological monitoring of macaws in the Chiquibul. A big macaw hug and thank you to the athletes and their sponsors!!! FCD is grateful for the donations provided by the Belize Wildlife & […]

Yesterday, November 1, 2023, FCD signed a third party responsible agreement with the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management. The agreement is for the execution of a five year project titled, “Integrated Management of Production Landscapes to deliver multiple global environmental benefits,”. FCD’s primary role in this project will be to […]

Citizen Science is the involvement of the public in scientific research. For FCD, the Citizen Science Program with the Scarlet Macaw Conservation Program provides the opportunity for volunteers to assist with the biomonitoring and protection of the scarlet macaws during the peak nesting period. This year, FCD announced the call for volunteers in March through […]