Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

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UNESCO World Heritage Site barrier reef system marine protected area

The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System is a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising the largest barrier reef in the Northern Hemisphere, renowned for its exceptional marine biodiversity and critical conservation value.

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Surface form Occurrences
Belize Barrier Reef 2
Belize Barrier Reef region 1
Belize Barrier Reef system 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
barrier reef system ⓘ
marine protected area ⓘ
area approximately 96,300 hectares ⓘ
comprises Bacalar Chico National Park and Marine Reserve ⓘ
Blue Hole Natural Monument ⓘ
Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve ⓘ
Half Moon Caye Natural Monument ⓘ
Laughing Bird Caye National Park ⓘ
Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve ⓘ
South Water Caye Marine Reserve ⓘ
country Belize NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy Government of Belize ⓘ
hasConservationValue critical for regional fisheries ⓘ
critical for shoreline protection ⓘ
important for climate change resilience ⓘ
hasDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: World Heritage Site
hasEcosystemType coastal lagoon ⓘ
coral reef ⓘ
mangrove forests ⓘ
offshore atolls ⓘ
seagrass beds ⓘ
hasMainEconomicUse fisheries ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
inscribedOnUNESCOWorldHeritageListInYear 1996 ⓘ
knownFor Blue Hole Natural Monument ⓘ
surface form: Great Blue Hole

exceptional marine biodiversity ⓘ
largest barrier reef in the Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Tropical Northwestern Atlantic ⓘ
surface form: Western Atlantic Ocean
nearestCity Belize City ⓘ
partOf Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
region Central America ⓘ
removedFromListOfWorldHeritageInDangerInYear 2018 ⓘ
supportsSpecies manatees ⓘ
numerous coral species ⓘ
reef fish species ⓘ
threatened marine turtles ⓘ
whale sharks ⓘ
threatenedBy climate change ⓘ
coastal development ⓘ
coral bleaching ⓘ
overfishing ⓘ
pollution ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Natural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ix) ⓘ
(vii) ⓘ
(x) ⓘ

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Gulf of Honduras → contains → Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belize Barrier Reef system
New York Aquarium → hasExhibit → Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glover’s Reef exhibit
Belize → hasHeritageSite → Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System ⓘ
Western Caribbean → hasPart → Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belize Barrier Reef region
Belize → knownFor → Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belize Barrier Reef
Belize City → servesAsGatewayTo → Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belize Barrier Reef