Belize joins the rest of the world in celebrating, for the first time, World Ranger Day. Publicity Coordinator, Dirk Francisco says many people do not recognize the work that rangers are tasked with. Hence, Belize Audubon feels the need to salute them on this day.
Dirk Francisco:Publicity Coordinator of the Belize Audubon Society
“Today is the day when the Belize Audubon wants to recognize all rangers in Belize for their dedicated work in ensuring the management and protection of Belize’s natural resources.Rangers are guys who do all kinds of activities in a protected area.They are the ones who would work with communities everyday.They are the ones who face illegal hunters,you name it,they are the frontline personnel.A lot of people don’t recognize the significance and the tremendous amount of work that a ranger carries out everyday.So this is one of the main reasons why Belize Audubon Society along with other non-governmental and governmental organizations are recognizing today’s first celebration as World Ranger Day.”
The Maya Mountain Ranger Association will also be hosting a special launching at three o’clock this afternoon at the Log Cab-Inn in San Ignacio, Cayo. One of Audubon’s own has been selected to speak at the launch.  
Dirk Francisco:Publicity Coordinator of the Belize Audubon Society
“Mr. Ignacio,a ranger at Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary for over 30 years,has been chosen to be the guest speaker at the launching of the Mayan Mountain Range Association at the Log Cabin in Cayo District.”
Publicity Coordinator of the Belize Audubon Society, Dirk Francisco.
"The Belize Audubon also recently received a grant from their Costa Rican social partner, AVINA. According to Executive Director, Anna Dominguez Hoare, the purpose is to improve its membership."
Anna Dominguez Hoare:Executive Director of the Belize Audubon Society
“We will be working on our membership system.Belize Audubon Society is a membership organization that’s comprised of both national and international individuals.We have been conducting several activities for our membership because we believe that our membership is very,very important in supporting conservation work in Belize and so we just received a grant through Urbina,one of our social partners and they will be providing funding to attain a computerized system that will improve our networking with our membership.We will also be doing a lot more activities for the members and so we hope to have members become far more active during the implementation of this project.We will be having trips to the protected areas that the Belize Audubon Society manages.And so we will be inviting different stakeholders as well as members to participate in these trips and it will be free of cost because this project will essentially be providing those resources for us to do.We will be doing a lot more awareness and communication as to the work of the Belize Audubon Society in terms of conservation.We would definitely invite our membership to become more involved reaching out in the next year to the members to definitely become more active.”
The cost of the project is about seventy-five thousand dollars. Thus far, the Belize Audubon has a membership of one thousand seven hundred at various levels. The Belize Audubon is inviting anyone who is interested in becoming a member to contact their office. Read More

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