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Table 6

Conservation action plan

Action	Resource needs	Responsibility	Timeline	Comments
Better waste management through beach cleanup and controlling pollution sources through enactment and stringent enforcement of waste management legislation	Donor and private/public financing (ca. US$15,000) Technology transfer	Belize Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute, Belize Association of Private Protected Areas, Belizean Mangrove Conservation Network, Government of Belize	5 years	Such actionable measures will facilitate greater elimination of non-climate stressors on mangroves such as pollution
Develop additional policies and enforcement to provide a robust framework for mangrove management and ensure the halting of mangrove forests losses in the general use zone (in keeping with Sustainable Development Goal Target 15.2.)	Public financing (ca. US$10,000)	Government of Belize	5 years	These policy measures will aid in preventing destruction to mangrove nursery areas and reducing the impacts on other nearshore marine ecosystems. Provisions could also be made for commercial fishing in a sustainable manner since the general use zone provides fertile and valuable fishing ground
Incentivised outreach and educational programmes for landowners across Belize to promote effective mangrove conservation and restoration and foster mangrove conservation networks	Donor and private/public financing (ca. US$50,000)	Belize Association of Private Protected Areas, Belizean Mangrove Conservation Network, Government of Belize	2 years	Active participation in mangrove management and conservation by individuals and experts who use coastal resources daily will increase understanding and awareness of the ecosystem services provided by Belize’s mangroves
Robust Communication Strategy to better communicate enacted zoning policies that guide development and enforce regulations, especially to foreign property-owners	Donor and private/public financing (ca. US$10,000)	Government of Belize, Belize Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute, Belizean Mangrove Conservation Network	3 years	Apprise foreign property-owners in a more effective manner of domestic mangrove regulations in Belize
Long-term monitoring surveys to capture environmental drivers such as climate change, sea-level fluctuations and anthropogenic pressure on the biodiversity and evolution of mangrove ecosystems	Donor and private/public financing (ca. US$20,000) Technology transfer	Belize Association of Private Protected Areas, Belizean Mangrove Conservation Network	10 years	The lessons learnt from these surveys may be useful to inform conservation and restoration actions

Action	Resource needs	Responsibility	Timeline	Comments
Better waste management through beach cleanup and controlling pollution sources through enactment and stringent enforcement of waste management legislation	Donor and private/public financing (ca. US$15,000)Technology transfer	Belize Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute, Belize Association of Private Protected Areas, Belizean Mangrove Conservation Network, Government of Belize	5 years	Such actionable measures will facilitate greater elimination of non-climate stressors on mangroves such as pollution
Develop additional policies and enforcement to provide a robust framework for mangrove management and ensure the halting of mangrove forests losses in the general use zone (in keeping with Sustainable Development Goal Target 15.2.)	Public financing (ca. US$10,000)	Government of Belize	5 years	These policy measures will aid in preventing destruction to mangrove nursery areas and reducing the impacts on other nearshore marine ecosystems. Provisions could also be made for commercial fishing in a sustainable manner since the general use zone provides fertile and valuable fishing ground
Incentivised outreach and educational programmes for landowners across Belize to promote effective mangrove conservation and restoration and foster mangrove conservation networks	Donor and private/public financing (ca. US$50,000)	Belize Association of Private Protected Areas, Belizean Mangrove Conservation Network, Government of Belize	2 years	Active participation in mangrove management and conservation by individuals and experts who use coastal resources daily will increase understanding and awareness of the ecosystem services provided by Belize’s mangroves
Robust Communication Strategy to better communicate enacted zoning policies that guide development and enforce regulations, especially to foreign property-owners	Donor and private/public financing (ca. US$10,000)	Government of Belize, Belize Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute, Belizean Mangrove Conservation Network	3 years	Apprise foreign property-owners in a more effective manner of domestic mangrove regulations in Belize
Long-term monitoring surveys to capture environmental drivers such as climate change, sea-level fluctuations and anthropogenic pressure on the biodiversity and evolution of mangrove ecosystems	Donor and private/public financing (ca. US$20,000)Technology transfer	Belize Association of Private Protected Areas, Belizean Mangrove Conservation Network	10 years	The lessons learnt from these surveys may be useful to inform conservation and restoration actions

Source(s): Authors’ own work and Adger et al. (2007), Gilman et al. (2008) and Ellison et al. (2020)