Description: Digital protected area polygon data was created using the legal descriptions of the boundaries as published on the Government Gazette Statutory Instruments (legal decrees). To calculate areas under protection for Belize's Ocean Space , the “Caye” shapefile was used to subtract land areas from the most Recent Belize Marine Protected areas systems shapefile. The Results calculated the total areas protected in Belize are 6690.458km² or 20.051% of Belize’s Ocean Space, High Biodiversity Protection 3894.965km² or 11.673% of Belize’s Ocean Space and Medium Biodiversity Protection with 2795.493km² or 8.378% of Belize’s Ocean Space. CZMAI made these updates for the Belize Sustainable Ocean Plan to have information as it related to Belize's Ocean Space.
Copyright Text: Belize Geomatics, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), The Belize Fishries Department - Government of Belize, Land Information Centre (LIC) - Ministry of Natural Resources