Ya’axché Conservation Trust

ORGANIZATIONAL REPORTS

PUBLICATIONS

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

PRESS RELEASES

2021

• Ya’axché Conservation Trust receives its second Gold Standard Certification in response to COVID-19.

• Ya’axché facilitated fire management training with community members and leaders of San Pedro Columbia village, southern Belize.

• Ya’axché Conservation Trust receives Gold Standard Certification in response to COVID-19

2020

• COVID-19 case
• Ya’axché COVID-19 relief program completion
• Green Creek Farmers Cooperative bridge inauguration 
• Phase 1: Ya’axché’s COVID-19 relief program
• Ya’axché’s Community Forestry Symposium
• Julio Chub receives Disney Conservation Hero Award

2019

• BioBlitz: Engaging Children in Biodiversity Research 
• Recognizing farmers and their forest connections
• Ya’axché wins National Energy Globe Award
• Ya’axché Summer Camp involved 100 youth in forest conservation

2018

• Improving access to Belize’s first agroforestry concession
• Agroecology: linking climate smart farming with the protection of nature
• Ya’axché involved students in learning about wildlife monitoring

2017

• Celebrating 3 Years of Success
• Historical Inga Pruning
• Belize National Cacao Committee Kicks Off
• Financial Capacity Building
• New Tree Species Parasenegalia lundellii
• Paving The Future of The Cacao Industry
• Ya’axché Helps Fire Victim
• Marchilio Moon Ack wins James A Waight Award

EVENTS AND INVITATIONS

• Interpretation Trail Launch (EcoTourism Belize)

• Ya’axché Anniversary Event

EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS

Leaflets

• EcoTourism Belize leaflet
• The Hicatee Is Disappearing
• Ya’axché leaflet

Posters

• Bladen Nature Reserve
• Golden Stream Corridor Preserve
• Maya Mountain North Forest Reserve
• 12 Things A Standing Forest Do For Us

VIDEOS

Educational Videos

• Pioneering Climate-Smart Farming in Belize — Ya’axché  
• Julio Chub – 2019 Disney Conservation Hero in Belize 
• The Ya’axché Show: Hunting Seasons in Belize
• Ya’axché Video
• Inga Alley Cropping – Climate Smart Farming
• The cohune, the gibnut and us

From the Field

• Harpy Eagle sighted in agroforestry concession in protected area
• 2014 Farmer of the Year – Martin Coc
• 2013 Farmer of the Year – Santiago Cus

ARTICLES

2020

• Julio Chub Receives Disney Conservation Hero Award
• Chub The Hero
• The State And Conservation Organizations 

2019

• 2019 BioBlitz A Success!
• Squatters Pushing Into Maya Mountain Reserve
• Encroachment Taking Its Toll on Wildlife
• The Negative Impacts of Illegal Farming, Cattle Ranching on Cacao Farmers
• Does the Lands Department Care about Trio’s Cacao Farmers?
• Cattle Ranching Threatens Livelihood of Trio Village Farmers
• Ya’axché Celebrates Sustainable Farming
• Harmony Between Nature And Human
• Ya’axché Summer Camp 2019 A Success!

2018

• Enforcement efforts meet technology: A story of success in the MGL in southern Belize

2017

• Belize’s crown jewel of protected areas, Bladen Nature Reserve is under threat

2015

• Belize is a Forest Super-Power, report says, but deforestation is increasing
• A Great Bat Discovery – Centurio senex
• The importance of Bladen Nature Reserve

2013

• Nature has blessed us with wealth untold

VOLUNTEERING

• Volunteer Manual