Belize praised for 'visionary' steps to save coral reef

[OnlinePoker]

Source: BBC

World heritage body Unesco has removed the Belize Barrier Reef from its list of endangered World Heritage Sites after nine years.

It said the government of the Central American country had taken "visionary" steps to preserve it.

The reef is the second largest in the world after Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

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When there's so much negative news all the time, it's good to get some positive flow once in a while.

[dhill926]

1. good for them...

snorkeled the reef south of Cancun earlier this year. Just beautiful. No sunscreen of any kind allowed in the water, which is a good sign...

[pazzyanne]

2. Hallelujah!

This is fantastic. I will take my environmental wins whenever they come. Congratulations to Unesco for their part. Hope they share their "visionary" steps with others. The oceans can use all the help they can get.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Meanwhile, our EPA head would more likely want to build a Chick-Fil-A on said coral reef. nt

[MuseRider]

4. Spent a week diving off Blackbird Caye.

It was beautiful there. It has been probably 20 years since I have been there but they were pretty careful about a lot of things. Good for them.

[MontanaMama]

5. Just got back from Belize last Thursday.

There was an evident effort to do the right thing for the reef and the country. While we saw lots of litter and trash in rural areas on the mainland, San Pedro was making a concerted effort to move forward with environmental protections. Great news!