17/08/2026
BELIZE CITY, BELIZE
August 14, 2026
Conserving the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area and contributing to the sustainable development of the adjacent communities through education
Programme for Belize celebrated a short ceremony to award book grant to 21 high school students from 10 communities adjacent to the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area- a 251,000 acres reserve located in northwestern Belize, owned and managed by Programme for Belize.
While the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area (RBCMA) has no community rights claim since it has always been privately owned, Programme for Belize has adopted a moral commitment to support the sustainable development of the adjacent communities, to build an amicable relationship with the communities, build understanding of and support to the management regime of the RBCMA and reduce the pressure on the natural resources and on the reserve.
On this day, Programme for Belize awarded book scholarship grant to 21 needy students from the communities adjacent to the RBCMA thereby providing them with an opportunity to develop a career that will reduce the dependence and pressures on the reserve and the natural resources of Belize. The 21 student come from 6 mestizo communities from Orange Walk South including San Carlos, Indian Church, San Felipe, August Pine Ridge, Guinea Grass, and San Antonio, and from 4 Belize River Valley Communities including Rancho Dolores, Lemonal, Willows Bank, and Double Head Cabbage attending four high schools. Programme for Belize wish these students success in their high school education and career development.
