Intended to be used as an operational and management tool for the mobilization of resources, development capacity Belize's National Environmental Action Plan 2015-2020 serves as a guide to address gaps and the improvement in the execution of the government of Belize's environmental protection and natural resources management efforts.
This 2015-2020 National Environmental Action Plan is an offshoot of the new 2014-2024 National Environmental Strategy entitled Belize: Green, clean, resilient and strong and should be considered jointly. While the strategy is dated to commence in 2014 and extends to 2024, the supporting action plan is scheduled for the first half of this period and is scheduled to commence in 2015 in consideration of Government of Belize's fiscal year that commences on April 1. To avoid difficulties in cross-referencing the proposed actions aimed at addressing the identified priority issues of concerns, some of the information contained in the National Environmental Strategy have been reproduced in this document since this document is intended as a stand-alone document. However, the information transferred from the National Environmental Strategy has been further distilled to be more concise. The National Environmental Action Plan also responds to the new vision and policy statement contained within the developed strategies. These strategies, actions, and targets included in this document are set to achieve a green, clean, resilient and strong Belize.