Regional Information-
Capital CityBelmopan
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Regional Relationshipsannual ministerial meetings under the OAS-initiated Agreement on the Framework for Negotiations and Confidence Building Measures continue to address Guatemalan land and maritime claims in Belize and Caribbean Sea; the Line of Adjacency created under the 2002 Differendum serves in lieu of the contiguous international boundary to control squatting in the sparsely inhabited rain forests of Belize's border region; Honduras claims Belizean-administered Sapodilla Cays in its constitution but agreed to a joint ecological park under the Differendum
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Environmental: Goals/Challenges/Agreements
Challenges
Deforestation; water pollution from sewage, industrial effluents, agricultural runoff; solid and sewage waste disposal
International Agreements
Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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Humanitarian Projects -
Native Languages English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), Creole
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Climate Tropical; very hot and humid; rainy season (May to November); dry season (February to May)
