Port Honduras Marine Reserve | |
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IUCN Category IV (Habitat/Species Management Area)
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Location | Gulf of Honduras |
Nearest city | Punta Gorda[1] |
Area | 40,470 hectares (100,000 acres) |
Established | January 2000 |
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Port Honduras Marine Reserve is a national protected marine reserve in the Toledo district of Belize. It was established in January 2000,[1] and covers 40,470 hectares (100,000 acres) of mangrove and coastal ecosystems. It encompasses over one hundred small, mangrove-fringed cayes, benthic habitats comprising soft-bottom seagrass beds and fringing reefs.[2]
The reserve is co-managemened by the community-based Toledo Institute for Development and Environment.[2] It is divided into two zones: a general use zone,[3] and a conservation zone.[4]
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