Unverified non-profit organisation

Ya’axché Conservation Trust is a community-oriented NGO that advances integrated landscape management in southern Belize. The organisation combines protected areas management with community outreach and sustainable development at the landscape level and engages in strategic evidence-based environmental advocacy at the national level.

The organisation’s focal area, the 122,000 ha. Maya Golden Landscape, extends from the Maya Mountains to the Caribbean. Within the MGL, Ya’axhe manages the Golden Stream Corridor Preserve and the Bladen Nature Reserve (46,500 ha) and works with communities to develop sustainable enterprises and promote environmental stewardship.

Ya’axhe takes a holistic approach to conservation, placing as much emphasis on the sustainable economic development of the financially poor communities in the region as on direct biodiversity conservation measures.

Website

http://www.yaaxche.org

Year established

1998

Organisation annual cash turnover (in US$ equivalent)

500,000 - 1 million

Participant in relevant networks

Association of Protected Areas Management Organisations (APAMO), Belize Association of Private Protected Areas (BAPPA)