Belize's reef is removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger
After Belize legislated an indefinite moratorium on offshore petroleum activity in its waters and strengthened mangrove protections, the World Heritage Committee removed the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System from the Danger List, where it had sat since 2009. It is one of the clearest cases of the Danger listing operating as intended — as leverage that produced a policy change, rather than as a record of decline.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System · geographic_feature · Mexico; Belize; Guatemala; Honduras · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
World Heritage List: Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, and its Danger List history
The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System was inscribed in 1996, placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 2009, and removed from that list in 2018 following a moratorium on offshore petroleum activity. V55 verification basis: NOT retrieved; the three dates and the reason for removal are stated from the producing model's knowledge of the Committee's decisions and must be checked against the decision texts.
UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the World Heritage Committee · 1996; Danger listing 2009; removal 2018 · Partly verified
UNESCO World Heritage List entry and World Heritage Committee decisions concerning the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (whc.unesco.org). NOT RETRIEVED: whc.unesco.org could not be reached in this session.
Recorded on Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System
- The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System is inscribed as World Heritage
- Belize's reef is removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger
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