89° 88° 87° 86° 22° 22° CUBA Gulf of Gulf of Mexico Yum-Balam Protected Area

Isla Contoy Protected Area Area of map

Belmopan MEXICO Sea GUATEMALA ° 21° YUCATÁN 21 To Merida Guatemala Tegucigalpa San Salvador EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA Managua Pacific

Ocean COSTA RICA San Jose´

To Merida

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CENTRAL AMERICA Sian Ka’an Protected MESOAMERICAN BARRIER SYSTEM Area

1 PRIORITY MARINE PROTECTED AREAS (MPAs) Priority MPAs for the MBRS: FOR THE MBRS PROJECT 1 Santuario del Manati 19° 19° REEFS Banco 2 Biosphere Reserve Chinchorro EXISTING MPAs WITHIN THE MBRS 3 Arrecifes de Reserve* SELECT PROPOSED PROTECTED AREAS WITHIN THE MBRS ROADS 4 Chico Marine Reserve and National Park* To Campeche 1 RAILROADS 5 Corozal Bay Wildlife Sanctuary RIVERS 6 South Water Caye Marine Reserve o Corozal 2 d INTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE CAPITALS n Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve o 3 7 H 5 NATIONAL CAPITALS 8 Gladden Spit COROZAL INTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARIES Orange INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve Azul Walk 9 18° 4 18° 10 Port Honduras-Deep River Forest Reserve Sarstoon-Temash National Park* ORANGE 11 WALK 12 Río Sarstún Proposed National Park* Belize City Turneffe Islands 13 Punta de Manabique Proposed Special Protection Area BELIZE Omoa-Baracoa Proposed Marine Reserve Barrier Reef 14 Lighthouse 15 Turtle Harbor Wildlife Refuge and Marine Reserve Belize Belmopan Reef

GUATEMALA San Ignacio *A bi-national park has been proposed for joint 17° BELIZE Dangriga management of these transboundary protected areas. ° CAYO 17 STANN 7 CREEK 6 f Glover PETÉN e Reef

e 0 50 100 150 200 250 B a h i a R l a d e KILOMETERS r 8 a s #3 Forest Reserve e s l TOLEDO 10 i I r 9 r 15 Cayos Islas de la Bahia a Cochinos National Marine Park B Jeannette Kawas Biological 11 Punta Gorda National Reserve Laguna de Guaimorado Punta ° Park Proposed Protected Area ° 16 14 Izopo 16 13 Municipal Trujillo Decree Capiro y Calentura Punta La Ceiba National Park Puerto Barríos Sal 12 Laguna Cacao Proposed a´n Cuero y gu COLON IZABAL ATLANTIDA Salado Pico Bonito Protected Area A GUATEMALA National Park Sico agua San Pedro Wildlife Lago de Mot Refuge Río Plátano Sula Paulaya Biosphere Laguna Caratasca Izabal Wildlife Refuge a Reserve ´u Río Tinto ´ l Río Kruta elecon U National Proposed To Zacapa am Forest h Biological NOVEMBER 2001 C Reserve YORO HONDURAS Patuca SANTA Yoro GRACIAS A DIOS BARBARA IBRD 31136R ° CORTES 15° 15 Santa H u OLANCHO

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