The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System is inscribed as World Heritage
The Belizean component of the Mesoamerican reef, including the atolls and the Blue Hole, is inscribed as a natural World Heritage property. It was placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 2009 over offshore oil concessions and mangrove clearance, and removed in 2018 after Belize legislated a moratorium on offshore petroleum activity — one of the few removals from that list achieved by policy change rather than by the loss of the values that justified listing.
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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