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A 1.2m ha site off the coast of Belize, comprising the nation’s offshore and barrier islands, has been designated an
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The south eastern part of the island serves annually as a sea turtle nesting ground from May to
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tree, provides an endangered and fragile habitat that supports one of the only viable breeding grounds for the
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The littoral forest, composed primarily of the orange-flowered
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as fertilizer. It is also a habitat tor the endemic
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428:"Half Moon Caye Natural Monument"
402:"Half Moon Caye Natural Monument"
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266:Belize leaf-toed gecko
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362:spawning aggregations
310:white-crowned pigeons
209:marine protected area
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247:Significant features
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830:Mango Creek
815:Grants Work
764:Gales Point
754:Corozal Bay
487:30 November
128:Adjacent to
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90:Coordinates
1073:Categories
1043:Monkey Bay
987:Santa Rita
952:Cerro Maya
942:Cahal Pech
805:Deep River
658:Río Blanco
638:Monkey Bay
623:Honey Camp
618:Guanacaste
513:2024-09-16
461:7 December
412:2015-12-08
368:References
277:loggerhead
102:87°32′11″W
99:17°12′17″N
1058:Shipstern
1048:Río Bravo
1028:Block 127
967:Lubaantun
795:Chiquibul
603:Chiquibul
304:(IBA) by
281:hawksbill
75:Geography
957:El Pilar
932:Altun Ha
901:Hol Chan
254:siricote
177:District
80:Location
962:Lamanai
947:Caracol
825:Manatee
820:Machaca
272:lizard.
219:birds.
718:Bladen
558:Belize
328:, and
287:, all
283:, and
241:UNESCO
201:Belize
193:island
191:is an
170:Belize
147:Length
850:Sibun
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262:guano
155:Width
865:Vaca
489:2015
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