APAMO Chair, “The day has finally come!”

Today’s signing reaffirms PACT’s dedication to its conservation partners, including APAMO and community-based organizations, that act as guardians of our natural heritage, protecting its ecological, social, and environmental significance. APAMO serves as an umbrella organization for NGOs and CBOs managing protected areas in Belize. In 2019, APAMO established its Central Resource Center to bolster the institutional and sustainable development of protected areas, offering support in business development, marketing, financial planning, proposal writing, project management and reporting, event planning, and park management. Since its inception in 2007, PACT has collaborated with this non-profit organization to ensure the sustainable use and protection of Belize’s natural resources.

 

Eli Miller, Executive Director, APAMO

“The day has finally come and I cannot over express how pleased we are that we’re finally here.  It’s been a long time in the making [and] it has meant a lot of engagement among our own members.  But also with PACT at every level.  I always say that PACT and the Association of Protected Areas Management Organizations, APAMO, is a natural fit as partners.  In 2019, we entered the first partnership, but thereafter it was paused.  Ever since we’ve been trying to improve and strengthen our partnership and the day has come.  So we want to say thank you and we look forward to it not being a short or medium-term partnership.  I think history has shown that more medium to long-term partnerships are more effective.  APAMO, I would like to say, is one of the longest standing network organizations in Belize.  We were established in 2007, with a clear mandate to advocate, to lobby for our members, to have a voice.  Our slogan, or our logo is that we are the voice of Belize’s protected areas.”