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Commonwealth NGOs
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 Belize Tropical Forest Studies
P.O. Box 208
Belmopan, Cayo
Belize
Email: info@biological-diversity.info
Website: www.green-hills.net/btfs/
Type: NGO
Scope: national
Interest in Forestry: central
Description
Belize Tropical Forest Studies is a Non-Governmental Organisation, registered in Belize in 1997.
The mission of Belize Tropical Forest Studies (BTFS) is to collect and disseminate biodiversity information
in and about Belize.
BTFS's activities are mainly oriented towards biodiversity assessments of protected areas and private
lands. BTFS is involved with some
regional projects (e.g., MesoAmerican Biological Corridors Project, Selva Maya Ecoregional Assessment
Project) and technical partnerships (e.g., Programme for Belize, Forestry Department,
TransNatura LLC).
Data collection activities focus on the surveys of terrestrial biodiversity, species occurrence and
distributions.
BTFS plays a lead role in the aggregation and dissemination of spatial (GIS) data and biodiversity and
environmental data via the Biodiversity and Environmental Resource Data System of Belize
(BERDS).
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