University of Santa Cruz/ Center for Coastal Climate Resilience

November 2024 – January 2025

Administrative support provided by APAMO; specifically processing payments to the project lead, team members, and participants, as well as payment of venue costs.

British High Commission

February 2024 – March 2024

The primary objective of this project was to raise awareness among especially Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) about the pressing need for action to mitigate the degradation of natural resources leading to biodiversity loss. Recognizing key factors such as changes in land and sea use, overexploitation, climate change, pollution, and invasive species as key drivers of biodiversity loss, the project aimed to enhance stakeholders’ understanding of these issues.

Protected Areas Conservation Trust

August 2024 – February 2025

To lay the foundations on which the Parties will develop a comprehensive strategy and plan to optimize the management effectiveness and operational capacity of community-based organizations that are co managers of critical protected areas and that are custodians of their related ecological, social and economic importance to the overall development of Belize and its people.

Belize Tourism Board

September 2023 – May
2024

Establish an institutional cooperation agreement between the two Parties. Both BTB and APAMO agree to collaborate, wherever possible, in their collective efforts and resources, to enhance marketing efforts, destination planning, training & certification, and data sharing of APAMO member organizations. These will all serve to support and strengthen the common interests and respective missions of the institutions, while increasing the positive impact on the Belizean society.

Protected Areas Conservation Trust

December 2022 – January 2024

Strengthening Protected Areas Management through enhanced institutional governance and capacity.

Caribbean Natural Resource Institute (CANARI) / Green Climate Funds (GCF)

September 2020- September 2023

To enhance civil society’s capacity, including knowledge, skills and organizational structures, and the enabling external institutions to improve access to climate finance and delivery of climate change adaptation and mitigation in the Caribbean.

Protected Areas Conservation Trust

August 2020- January 2021

This project is to assist Co-managers with Financial Gaps as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

GEF Small Grants Programme/ ICCA

March 2020- December 2021

The project aim is an institutionally strengthened APAMO network that has a financially empowered membership undertaking effective protected areas management whilst generating its own revenue under the APAMO brand and a comprehensive marketing strategy.

Protected Areas Conservation Trust

March 2019- February 2022

The main objectives are to establish the ACRC as a Central Hub for Protected Areas Co-managers, to improve management capacity of the CBOs and to assist CBOs in accessing funds and to develop new income generating opportunities.

Word Wildlife Fund

October 2018- October 2019

The regional project aims to mainstream climate-smart principles into marine protected area management and coastal development policies in countries the Mesoamerican Reef with a view to improve the adaptive capacities of coastal communities in the region.

Protected Areas Conservation Trust/ World Wildlife Fund

March 4, 2017

To pilot a Central Business Development Center (CBDC) as a financial empowerment strategy to strengthen financial sustainability enabling improved management effectiveness of four protected areas. The four organizations targeted are: Steadfast Tourism and Conservation Association (STACA); Friends of Swallow Caye (FOSC); Community Baboon Sanctuary Women’s Conservation Group (CBSWCG); and Rio Blanco Maya Association (RBMA).

Global Environmental Fund – Small Grant Program

August 10, 2016

The effective management of biodiversity hot spots within protected areas that will maintain their integrity providing critical environmental services to buffering communities and the National Protected Areas System

Protected Areas Conservation Trust

April 1, 2016

To create an enabling environment for resource mobilization, revenue sharing and generation by APAMO’s Secretariat and its CBO members to raise the financing necessary to sustainably manage and maintain protected areas.

Global Environmental Fund – Small Grant Program, PACT, Oak Foundation

November 1, 2011

To contribute to the environmental sustainability of Belize through improved management effectiveness of co-managed protected areas.

OAK Foundation

September 1, 2010

The goal of this project is to build public awareness on the impacts and risks of oil exploration and drilling within the territorial waters and protected areas of Belize and garner enough local and international support through petitions, letters to the government of Belize, and, a rally (should the need arise), to get the government to effect a ban on oil exploration and drilling offshore and in protected areas in Belize by 2011 leading to the development of a Policy on Oil Exploration and Protected Areas for Belize that will safeguard protected areas and ecosystems including the Belize Barrier Reef and guide Belize’s energy developments.

Global Environmental Fund – Small Grant Program

July 1, 2010

To promote the growth and effectiveness of conservation NGOs and CBOs for the increased and improved management of our National Protected Areas System. The anticipated outcome of this project is to develop the capacity of 7 conservation CBOs with the necessary tools for increased and improved accountability, management of their protected areas, project management, delivery and report on programs and services to improve protected areas management.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

July 3, 2010

Conduct consultations with associated members of APAMO and other key stakeholders to develop recommendations how to integrate the protected areas policy and management into a new forest policy for Belize;

Prepare draft recommendations; validate these in two national stakeholder workshops and present consolidated recommendations to be included into the forest policy process.

PACT, OAK Foundation

January 3, 2010

The goal of NGO organizational capacity building is to increase the effectiveness of conservation NGOs and CBOs for improved management of our National Protected Areas System.