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9.5 Air Access 9-13 9.6 Tourism Activities 9-13 9.7 Regional Planning 9-16 9.7.1 The Ambergris Caye Planning Authority 9-16 9.7.2 The Ambergris Caye Master Plan 9-16 9.7.3 Bacalar Chico Advisory Committee 9-16 9.7.4 The San Pedro Town Council 9-17 9.8 Belize Tourism Policy 2005 9-17 9.8.1 Tourism Master Plan 9-17 9.8.2 Belize Tourism Board 9-18 9.8.3 Belize Tourism Industry Association 9-18 9.8.4 The National Protected Areas Policy and System Plan 9-18 9.9 The Belize Port Authority 9-18 9.10 Cayes Development Policy and the Coastal Zone Management Strategy 9-19 9.11 Mooring Buoy Program 9-19 9.12 Pier Guidelines and Seawall Development 9-19 9.13 Local Non Profit Organizations 9-19 9.14 Protected Areas in the Region 9-20 9.14.1 Bacalar Chico National Park and Marine Reserve (BCNP/MR) 9-21 9.14.1.1 Marine Component 9-24 9.14.1.2 The Terrestrial Component 9-25 9.14.2 Hol Chan Marine Reserve 9-25 9.14.3 Rocky Point 9-27 9.14.4 Mexico Rocks 9-27 9.14.5 Little Guana & Los Salones Caye Bird Sanctuaries 9-27 9.14.6 UNESCO World Heritage Site 9-27 9.14.7 The Corozal Bay Wildlife Sanctuary 9-29 9.15 NGO and Public Consultations 9-29 10.0 Environmental Impacts of Proposed Development 10-1 10.1 General Principles Underpinning Environmental Impacts 10-1 10.2 Overview of Environmental Impacts 10-2 10.3 Details of the Ecological Impacts 10-3 10.3.1 Dredging Impacts 10-3 10.3.2 Domestic Effluent Impacts 10-5 10.3.3 Potable Water Impacts 10-6 10.3.4 Solid Waste Impacts 10-7 10.3.5 Boating and Dockside Impacts 10-8 10.3.6 Impacts from Energy Generation 10-8 10.4 Details of the Social Impacts 10-9 10.4.1 Core Issues of the Social Impact Assessment 10-9 10.4.2 The Impact Review 10-10 10.4.3 Sources of Impacts 10-11 10.4.4 The Social Impact 10-11 10.4.4.1 Existing and Proposed Activities 10-11 10.4.4.2 Marine Traffic 10-12 vi
10.4.4.3 Road Access 10-12 10.4.4.5 Disturbances (noise, air quality) 10-13 10.4.4.6 Population/Housing 10-14 10.4.4.7 Socio - Cultural 10-14 10.4.4.8 Education/Health Services 10-15 10.4.4.9 Employment/Safety 10-15 10.4.4.10 Emergency Services 10-15 10.4.4.11 Tourism Activities 10-16 10.4.4.12 Economic Impact 10-16 11.0 Impact Mitigation 11-1 11.1 General Principles Underpinning Environmental Impact Mitigation 11-1 11.2 Specific Mitigation Measures 11-1 11.2.1 Mitigation Measures In Relation To Dredging and Land Reclamation Activities 11-1 11.2.2 Mitigation Measures In Relation To Human Wastes and Domestic Effluents 11-5 11.2.3 Mitigation Measures In Relation To Solid Wastes 11-8 11.2.5 Mitigation Measures In Relation To Socio-Economic Concerns 11-10 12.0 Monitoring Plans 12-1 12.1 Principles Underpinning Environmental Monitoring 12-2 12.2 Specific Monitoring Issues 12-3 13.0 Alternatives to Development 13-1 13.1 Principles Underpinning Alternatives to Development 13-1 14.0 Archaeology Report 14-1 Introduction 14 - 2 Review of Literature on Coastal Sites in Belize 14 - 2. Ambergris Caye in Archaeological Context 14 - 4 Prehistoric Salt Production on Ambergris Caye 14 - 8 Survey and Research Methodology 14 - 8 Description of ABR Property 14 - 8 Survey Methodology 14 -11 Excavations and Shovel Tests 14 -11 Test Pit 1 14 -11 Test Pit 2 14 -11 Test Pit 3 (shovel test) 14 -14 Results of the Investigations 14 -14 Site Descriptions 14 -15 Ek Luum 14 -15 Valencia 14 -16 Franco 14 -17 Conclusions and Recommendations 14 -17 References Cited 14 -19 vii
Page 1 and 2: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT for
Page 3 and 4: 2.5.1 Regional Geology 2-73 2.5.2 S
Page 5: 7.6 Waste Category III and IV - Ind
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Page 11 and 12: Table 10.1 ABR EIA Matrix 10-3 Tabl
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Page 17 and 18: ORIENTATION NOTES The current EIA s
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least diverse and numerically limit
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These included the seagrass Halodul
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Table 2.2A: Terrestrial and Inter-t
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Table 2.2B: Sub-tidal plants of the
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PL 2.13 PL 2.14 PL 2.13: Manatee Gr
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PL 2.21 PL 2.22 PL 2.21: Stakes or
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Table 2.3: Invertebrates including
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Common Name or Local Name Beaded Se
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Common Name or Local Name M u stard
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PL 2.23 PL 2.24 PL 2.23: Horse Conc
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Table 2.4: Fish Species Found in Pr
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Table 2.5 Reptiles and Amphibians C
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Table 2.7: Birds Found in and Aroun
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The CITES listing of the Hawks Bill
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Fig. 2.4: BCNP/MR Zoning Scheme 2-7
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2.5.3 Geomorphology The beaches of
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3.0 Policy Review 3.1 INTRODUCTION
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3.1.3 Coastal Zone Management Strat
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3.1.10 Belize Public Health Act Rev
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(7) Each traps shall be monitored e
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(e) No person shall disturb the nat
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The import into, transit through or
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3.1.28 International Conventions an
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4.0 WATER RESOURCES 4.1 Occupancy C
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4.4 Selection of the preferred sour
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schedule. Nevertheless, it is expec
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Table 4.5 Rainfall Volume collected
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Fig 4.2 Water Harvesting Layout for
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Fig. 4.4 Typical Brine Injection We
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ANALYZER ANALYZER INPUT CONTROLLER
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This will include the determination
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Table 4.8 ABR Surface water and wel
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5.0 Wastewater Disposal 5.1 Nature
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5.4 Environmental Wastewater Load C
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2. Prefabricated Secondary Treatmen
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Fig. 5.1 Proposed Project Sewer Tre
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6.0 ENERGY GENERATION 6.1 Energy De
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for energy generation are compared
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Fig. 6.1 Above Ground Storage Tank
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7.0 SOLID WASTE 7.1 Solid Waste Cat
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According to the BSWMP (Stantec 199
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natural lighting. The trees cleared
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the landfill when ready. Used batte
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Table 7.4b Waste Reduction Yield fo
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8.2 Hurricane Preparedness Plan (Ev
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- At least two tarpaulins for damag
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8.2.7 Safety Precautions These prec
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1) Fire alarm detection and notific
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Table 8.3 Inland Spill Level Level
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9.0 Integrated Social Assessment Re
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some 1.3 miles south west of the NO
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populations not found on the island
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9.3 Land Tenure In the early 1990s
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Fig. 9.2 Reef Cuts In the Region of
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Depth in a small lagoon that leads
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each ridge where it meets the mangr
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Fig. 9.5 Dive Sites at Ambergris Ca
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9.7.4 The San Pedro Town Council Th
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9.10 Cayes Development Policy and t
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9.14.1 Bacalar Chico National Park
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Fig. 9.6 Bacalar Chico National Par
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zone are to prevent fishery stocks
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9.14.3 Rocky Point The entire beach
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The system's seven sites illustrate
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Chapter 10 10.0 Environmental Impac
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energy generation, the production o
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system 0.8 - 3 Miles North and Sout
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10.3.4 Solid Waste Impacts The gene
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There are no secondary impacts of n
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Road Access Disturbances (noise, a
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Noise pollution from equipment and
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10.4.4.8 Education/Health Services
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Category of Project Activity Existi
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- Demand for services - Impacts on
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11.0 Impact Mitigation Chapter 11 1
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Development Activity Primary Impact
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to allow for the re-colonization of
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Development Activity Primary Impact
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Table 11.3: Mitigation Matrix in Re
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use conflicts is the issue of touri
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Development Activity General Social
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Development Activity General Social
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Table 12.1: Proposed Monitoring Pla
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Parameter Frequency Critical Level
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Development Issue Option #1 & Justi
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References Auil, N. 1997. Manatee R
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Littler, D.S., M.M. Littler and B.L
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Thurman, H.V. 1988. Introductory Oc
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction…
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ancient Maya, particularly from Lat
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Figure 1: Map of Belize showing loc
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Fig. 3: Map of Ambergris Caye showi
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Fig. 4: Map of Ambergris Caye showi
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assessment. If we are accurate, how
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Fig. 7: Section Plan of posthole te
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should therefore be taken into care
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Franco The Franco site is located a
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REFERENCES CITED Boxt, Matthew 1983
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McKillop, Heather 1980 Moho Caye, B
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. Photo 1: View of Rocky Point Phot
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Photos 5—8: Various views of tran
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Photo 11 & 12: Photograph of Unit 1
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Photo 15: Photograph of potsherds r
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Goldsmith F.B. 1991. Monitoring for
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Paz, G.M. and T. Grimshaw. 2001. St
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