Moratorium and Ban Protects Belizean Marine Resources - Oceana

Victory | December 1, 2015

Moratorium and Ban Protects Belizean Marine Resources

The Government of Belize announced its intention to impose a permanent ban on offshore oil exploration along the Belizean barrier reef system and within the country’s seven world heritage sites. The Belizean barrier reef is the largest section of the MesoAmerican barrier reef, the biggest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere and home to some of the most biologically diverse marine ecosystems on the planet.