Sarstoon-Temash National Park

Sarstoon-Temash is the southernmost national park in Belize, established in 1994. It is managed by the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management (SATIIM), in partnership with the Forest Department.[2] The park covers approximately 41,898 acres of broadleaf, wetland and mangrove forest.[2]

Sarstoon-Temash National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Official nameSarstoon Temash National Park
Designated19 October 2005
Reference no.1562[1]

The park was designated a wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention in 2005.[3]

References

  1. "Sarstoon Temash National Park". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. Gomez, L. "About SATIIM". Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  3. Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (10 January 2000), "Belize", The Annotated Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance, retrieved 2011-07-25


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