Projects
Guided by TIDE’s strategic plan and core values TIDE seek funding from local and international donors through project funding. On average TIDE operates at an annual budget of $1 Million USD to carry out programs within the Maya Mountain Marine Corridor and Belize.
Improving the knowledge, monitoring and protection of Mesoamerican reef’s fish, spawning aggregations and replenishment zones. This project will address the following objectives based on the protected areas associated with the project:
- To obtain legal recognition and management of Cayman Crown in Belize, a recently discovered fish spawning aggregation site by 2022.
- To promote participatory monitoring and protection of 3 sentinel spawning aggregation sites in Belize as an integral part of the Mesoamerican Reef spawning aggregation network.
- To gain support for project activities through communication and income diversification programs. Read More.
Empowering Toledo’s youth to contribute to safer and more productive communities, through building capacity, environmental education, and sports for development was a two-year project (2016-2018). The project engaged 1,458 youths in skills development, sport, and education as a preventative measure from criminal activities. Read More.
European Union Project Entitled: “Restoring Fisheries in the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System” 2017 – 2020. The project targets fifteen (15) coastal communities, covers four (4) of the nine (9) Managed Access Zones and operated from five (5) enforcement bases; Zone 3, the South Water Caye Marine Reserve, South Water Caye enforcement base and Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve, Little Water Caye enforcement base, Zone 4, Sapodilla Caye Marine Reserve, Hunting Caye enforcement bases, Zone 5, Port Honduras Marine Reserve, Abalone Caye enforcement base and Zone 7, Half Moon Caye Natural Monument, Half Moon Caye enforcement base. Read More.
TIDE is partnering with the University of Edinburgh, the Belize Forest Department, University of Belize Environmental Research Institute, and the International Institute for Environment and Development on a Darwin Initiative-funded project to conserve biodiversity and improve livelihoods in areas bordering the pine savanna woodlands in Toledo. Read More.
The Protected Areas Conservation Trust (PACT) is Belize’s national conservation trust. Revenues for the Trust are primarily derived from a Conservation Fee of US$ 3.75 paid by overnight visitors, a fifteen per cent commission from cruise ship passenger head tax, fiduciary services, and interest earned on its Term Deposits. PACT redistributes the revenue throughout the National Protected Areas System (NPAS) by providing funding for projects that support conservation and promote environmentally sound management of Belize’s natural and cultural resources.
University of Florida (UF), in collaboration with the Belize Civil Society Organization (BCSO), Toledo Institute of Development and Environment (TIDE) and the Belize Ministry of Education (BMoE), Youth, Sports and Culture has embarked on the project entitled “Strengthening Civil Society and Civil Servant Capacity in Belize through Partnership.” Read More.
This includes a list of other past Marine Projects managed by TIDE. Read More.
This includes a list of other past Terrestrial Projects managed by TIDE. Read More.