Document Type
Statistical Report
Publication Date
4-1-2024
Abstract
On February 2nd and 3rd, 2024, 14 members of the Placencia Peninsula community gathered for a collaborative workshop to provide feedback on maps related to coastal and marine habitat health, marine recreation, and anthropogenic stressors.
Hosted by the Natural Capital Project at Stanford University, this two-part workshop was part of the Strong Coasts Coastlines and People (CoPE) project which studies Nature-Based Solutions to flooding and erosion risks.
On February 2nd, 4th and 5th, 2024 members of the CoPe team, including Belizean partnering organization Fragments of Hope Ltd., and Placencia Peninsula community residents visited Laughing Bird Caye National Park (LBCNP), the Placencia Lagoon, and the South Stann Creek River. The University of South Florida hosted these activities to learn together about the given locations while also supporting research needs of members of the team. At LBCNP, a media team from the Natural Capital Project was able to capture footage of their work in Belize. The lagoon visit facilitated the "groundtruthing" of mangrove presence needed to improve satellite mapping. Going along the coast to the mouth of the South Stann Creek River with members of FoH, the Placencia Village Council, and the Placencia Tour Guides Association, development and various infrastructures to reduce erosion were discussed as was the need for more information on what's happening upriver.
This workshop and activities report continues the Strong Coasts CoPe practice of community collectively working to care for the threatened nature so central to health, livelihoods, and heritage along the peninsula.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.5038/RZJQ9204
Scholar Commons Citation
Delevaux, J.; Batista, N.; Neal, H.; Wallen, M.; Gibson, N.; Faux, V.; Cheek, L.; McKenna, R.; Baron-Aguilar, C.; and Trotz, M., "Mapping mangroves and coral habitats health and benefits to people, Nature-Based Solutions Workshop & Ground Truthing Report: Placencia, Belize (report no. 5)" (2024). Strong Coasts Collection. 19.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/strong_coasts_pubs/19
