Ambergris Caye Belize Resort Development - Department of ...

Development Issue Option #1
&
Justifications
(Chosen Option)
Siting
Siting of Overall
Development
Siting of land-based
facilities.
Bacalar Chico Area: Siting
of project within larger
Bacalar Chico National
Park and Marine Reserve
[BCNP/MR] consistent
with concept of
complementary
coexistence…Legal
provisions made with
BCNP/MR management
regime to allow for private
property and development
activities that would not
negatively impact the
environment, or otherwise
be at variance with the
mandate of the Protected
Area..
Land-based Hotel/Resort
and Residential Facilities:
Current strategy entails
siting 90% of
Infrastructure on higher
portion of land in current
area of littoral fores.
13-2
Option #2
&
Justifications
Un-Named
mainland location:
No other parcel of
land is available to
the Developers in
San
Pedro/Ambergris
Caye or any other
location in
Belize…Also the
declared interest of
the Developers is to
pursue the
development of the
project in the
configuration that it
has been submitted
at the proposed
location, given the
natural assets of the
area.
Extending Siting of
Hotel/Resort and
Resedential
Facilities Leeward
Mangrove Low
Lands: Strategy
increases pressure
on ecologically
sensitive habitat,
with attendant
negative impacts to
fishlife and birdlife.
Option #3
&
Justifications
(Non-
Development)
Status Quo
Situation: The
project proponents
have no other
developments in
Belize, thus the
Status Quo
situation of nondevelopment
would
not serve the
interest of the
developers or
indeed the tourism
industry.
Non-Development
Option:
Circumvents any
environmental
impacts, however
failure to yield any
social or economic
benefits that are
consistent with the
macro-economic
policies of the
nation, and that
are consistent with
the goals of
conservation.