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KULCHA Symposium Presenter, Christopher Nesbitt: Addressing climate change in the time of Covid

Humans face a series of challenges tied to anthropogenic climate change ranging from rising temperature, rising sea levels, drought, flooding, loss of soil, increased impact and degradation of cultivated lands, food insecurity, increasing rural to urban migration, with rural and urban unemployment. The challenges and their solutions for much of Belize are overlapping. Increasing rural employment, repairing degraded land, increasing soil fertility, creating models of land use that replicate ecosystem functions of primary habitat, namely soil and soil moisture retention, creation of habitat and carbon drawdown, is possible through education and outreach.

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KULCHA Symposium Presenter, Dassia Ucles & Crocodile Research Coalition: Crocodiles and Mayas

The Crocodile Research Coalition is a nonprofit organization; our mission is to promote conservation of crocodiles and their habitats throughout Central America through community involvement, research, and education. Education is key to opening many doors and as an NGO that conserves these species in fishing communities specially, we connect with the people through outreach, culture, eco-clubs, and a lot of community involvement.

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KULCHA Symposium Presenter, Pablo Cambranes: Safeguarding cultural heritage with collaborative street art

The Locally Project, is a community-funded project in collaboration between artists, small businesses, local and international stakeholders on a joint mission to safeguard Belize’s culture.

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KULCHA Symposium Presenter, Lee Mcloughlin: Can Folklore Help Save the Forest?

Building on the much-discussed impact of animation to influence ideologies, attitudes and behaviors globally, we sought to utilize a locally popular folklore story to deliver messages in support of conservation and sustainable development. After a successful debut short film including winning the Belize International Film Festival and screening at two others, the team is now working on a seven-episode series with seed funding from Netflix/Ambulante.

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KULCHA Symposium Presenter, Abdon Tzib: Culture photo-journaling

Communication is the means of sharing information and spreading knowledge. Photography is the means of communicating with people visually. People understand messages differently from each other. A good image on the other hand will always portray the same message to everyone.

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KULCHA Symposium Presenter, Eleanor Castillo-Bullock: Promotion, Protection and Preservation of the Garifuna Culture and Language

I will present a brief description of our Organization GAMAE International Inc. and speak a little about what we are about and our mission, vision and goals. I will also speak a bit about the GAMAE Projects we are doing at this time.

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KULCHA Symposium Presenter, Ms. Adela Pederson Vallejos: To’one Masehualoon NGO in northern Belize

To’one Masehualoon NGO is a cultural preservational group in northern Belize which grew out of the idea that the people of Belize who are of Yucatec Maya decent are slowly losing their self of identity and that the demise of a vibrant culture filled with ancestral splendor and knowledge is slowly reaching extinction. The purpose of the group is to restore and preserve the pride of being of Yucatec Maya ancestry. This is accomplished by preserving all areas of the culture such as language, spirituality, attire, cuisine, folklore, and dance and by also being engaged in community outreach.

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KULCHA Symposium Presenter, Delmer Tzib: Another Beautiful Day in San Antonio: Reviving culture and tradition in the Yucatec Maya in Belize

In an effort to provoke discussions on Maya identity, in 2018 a group of young cultural activists revived San Antonio Day to highlight the Yucatec Maya traditions of the village. The reloaded version of San Antonio Day, Another Beautiful Day in San Antonio, encompasses a trifocal approach that incorporates sports, culture, and environmental awareness.

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Call for Abstracts! Belize KULCHA Symposium 2021 by Heritage Education Network Belize

Call for abstracts! Heritage Education Network Belize would like to invite you and your colleagues to present research related to heritage and culture in Belize at our first annual Belize KULCHA Symposium! We welcome presentations and case studies in Art, Heritage, Archaeology, Language and all areas of culture.

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HENB partnering with Our World Heritage: A new civil society NGO to protect heritage

Heritage Education Network Belize was invited to be a partner of Our World Heritage, a new NGO that aims to protect heritage, support science-based decision-making, stop politicization and engage civil society. We tackle challenges and plan events related to “Heritage Places and Memory”.

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HENB at the IDB Caribbean Pivot Movement to transform the Caribbean!

In 2020, Heritage Education Network Belize joined the Caribbean Pivot Movement to think big and work together to transform our Caribbean. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) facilitated workshops with Caribbean leaders and entrepreneurs at the Pivot Event. The objective was to develop moonshots to transform the region. Read more about these moonshots!

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HENB at the World Intellectual Property Organization Webinar on How to Protect and Promote Culture

HENB Attended the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Webinar series in March 2021. The focus this time was on how Indigenous peoples and local communities can protect and promote their culture - going into intellectual property rights and methods.

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Congratulations to the first 10 Belizean businesses in the Belize Ethical Tourism Directory

We want to show the small and remote places that are not often seen in guide books and contribute to cultural and environmental conservation. We want to congratulate all the amazing business owners who participated and shared their goals and mission with us! See the full list of businesses.

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Heritage Education Network Belize & Ecomadic for Ethical Tourism

Heritage Education Network Belize is happy to announce our collaboration with Ecomadic, a travel platform that connects sustainably-minded travellers with responsible businesses. They feature local and small eco-accommodations, socially responsible eateries, social enterprise shops, and ethical experiences.

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Heritage Education Network Belize participated in the ICOMOS Indigenous Heritage Discussion on Authenticity & Outstanding Universal Value

Heritage Education Network Belize participated in the Indigenous Heritage Discussion on Authenticity & Outstanding Universal Value by ICOMOS Canada. “The ICOMOS Working Group on Indigenous heritage and ICOMOS Canada convened stakeholders internationally to explore guiding principles and prepare a Terms of Reference that will guide the ICOMOS working group on Indigenous heritage for the years to come.”

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Heritage Education Network Belize is participating in the UN75 Dialogue

On Saturday, December 5th, 2020, Heritage Education Network Belize participated in the 2020 UN75 Dialogue that discusses the challenges in the arts and creative industries and how can we collectively navigate the gap between the future we need and where we are headed if mega-trends of COVID and natural disasters continue?

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