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	Toledo District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Punta Gorda is the main town in the Toledo District.
		Toledo District is the southernmost district in the nation of Belize, with the district capital in the town of Punta Gorda, Belize.
		Also in Toledo District are the towns of Monkey River Town and Toledo Settlement, the villages of San Pedro Columbia and Silver Creek, Blue Creek and the ancient Maya ruins of Nim Li Punit, Lubaantun, and Uxbenka.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Toledo_District (128 words)

	Belize, Belize-real-estate, real-estate-Belize, Beach, River, Cayes, Islands, Land, Properties, Brokers, Import, ...
		Belize is situated in the most envied part of Central America, north by Mexico, south and on the west by Guatemala and of course on the East by the Caribbean Sea.
		In the Central Part of Belize, in the Cayo District, there are rolling hills, rivers, creeks, fertile soil, lush jungle that have aided in the boom of eco-tourism in the area.
		Belize is a nest of a variety of cultures living harmonically under one sun, one sky.
	www.belizelandproperties.com /belize.html (1119 words)

	Toledo Settlement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Toledo Settlement is a town in Belize's Toledo District.
		Toledo Settlement is located at 16° 7´60“N, 88° 49´0“W, at an elevation of 37 meters above sea level.
		It was originally settled by refugees from the United States who fled here during the American Civil War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Toledo_Settlement (71 words)

	Toledo, Belize. Mayas, tropical rainforest vacation.
		Toledo, the southernmost district of Belize, is 1669 square miles of rainforest, mountains, rivers, and Maya Villages.
		Toledo is blessed with a multitude of natural attractions, including caves, sinkholes, and waterfalls strewn throughout the rainforest.
		While the town of Punta Gorda consists of many cultures, 64% of the population in the Toledo District is made up of the Mopan and Kekchi Mayas living in over 30 different villages.
	www.southernbelize.com (439 words)

	Belize Destinations on Travelbelize.org - official site of the Belize Tourism Board
		Covering the two districts of Orange Walk and Corozal, the north is a Belizean bonanza of natural wealth and archaeological wonder.
		The district is dominated by Belize City and offers a host of attractions including several sanctuaries, the world class Belize Zoo, a new museum, historic government buildings, churches and the incredible Maya site at Altun Ha.
		Located in the western interior of Belize, Cayo is a 1500 square mile district that encompasses a good portion of the Maya Mountains and has more than its fair share of ancient Maya sites to visit and explore.
	www.travelbelize.org /dest.html (724 words)

	Belize Inventory of Conflict and Environment Case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Columbia River Forest Reserve in Toledo district of southeastern Belize is the home of several communities of Mayan descendants.
		Atlantic Industries' logging plan for the Toledo District was approved by the Government of Belize in April of 1995, and in September of the same year 200,000 acres of nature reserve were opened to the company for mahogany logging.
		Belize, formerly named British Honduras, is located on the Caribbean side of Central America, sharing borders with Mexico and Guatemala.
	www.american.edu /ted/ice/belize.htm (2413 words)

	Volunteer Opportunities in Belize
		Usually these mission groups are based outside of Belize, often at a church or school or as a part of a local medical society, and typically volunteers travel to Belize at the same time, as a group.
		In most cases, volunteers pay for their own transportation to Belize, along with personal expenses in the country, but food and lodging sometimes is provided by the mission, paid for by donations.
		Belize has many problems, ranging from underfunded schools to crime, drug and gang problems to family disintegration and child abuse issues to destruction of the rainforest and natural habitats, and none of these will be solved quickly.
	www.belizefirst.com /indexvolunteer.html (3542 words)

	Garden-Based Agriculture for Toledo’s Environment
		The Toledo District of Belize is the most remote and undeveloped area of this semitropical Central American nation.
		The district contains a wealth of ecosystems ranging from sprawling wetlands to wide-open grassy savanna and dense coastal mangrove to steamy tropical rainforest, which are home to countless varieties of plants and animals and more than 560 species of tropical birds.
		The challenges facing Toledo residents were aggravated by Hurricane Iris, which ravaged the District’s population centers and adjacent rainforest on October 8, 2001.
	www.plenty.org /pb18_4/gate184.html (930 words)

	Mike Emch's Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Emch, M.E. (2003) The Human Ecology of Mayan Cacao Farming in the Toledo District, Belize.
		The subpixel classification results showed that in 1999 the most densely forested areas were in northern Toledo District, in the Maya Mountains.
		Abstract: This paper describes the expansion of cacao farming among Mayan farmers in the Toledo District, Belize during the 1980s and why the expansion took place.
	www.geogres.pdx.edu /emch/landuse_geog.html (921 words)

	Toledo District Of Belize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Toledo is the most sparsely populated and least developed region in the country.
		Toledo is blessed with a multitude of natural attractions, including caves, sinkholes, and waterfalls strewn throughout the rain forest.
		After this forced movement of people out of southern Belize, Toledo was mostly unpopulated till the mid 1800's when the Garifuna settlements of Punta Gorda, Punta Negra and Barranco were founded.
	bleaseswebworld.com /toledo.html (1295 words)

	Toledo, Belize. Mayas, Adventure Travel Tropical rainforest vacation.
		Toledo is also home to two areas considered to be among Belize's most pristine and untouched rainforests.
		Several Mayan ruins can be found in the Toledo district, including Lubaantun ("Place of the Fallen Stones," so named because it was built without mortar).
		The Toledo Institute for Development and the Environment (TIDE), is a non-governmental organization with a focus on sustainable development.
	www.belize.com /toledo_belize_2.html (423 words)

	SGP Project Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Toledo Association for Sustainable Tourism and Empowerment (TASTE) is a registered non-governmental organization created in April 2000.
		The mission of TASTE is to assist in the sustainable and appropriate development of the Toledo District and its citizens through empowerment.
		The Barrier Reef complex of Belize is said to be one of the country’s greatest natural assets.
	www.undp.org /sgp/cty/LATIN_AMERICA_CARIBBEAN/BELIZE/pfs7133.htm (921 words)

	Belize Fishing in the Southern Toledo District of Belize
		The Toledo District is the southernmost district of Belize and runs from the Belize-Guatemala border north to the general area of Monkey River Village.
		The District's main population center is Punta Gorda Town ("PG" as it's known in Belize), which fronts on the Bay of Honduras.
		Toledo District is full of caves, rainforest, rivers, rice fields, the Mayan Mountains and small Mayan villages that look much as they did a hundred years ago.
	www.destinationsbelize.com /pg_fishing.htm (1132 words)

	The Belize Experience: A Project Ulysses Story
		I chose Belize as the project was on ecotourism and finding business opportunities in the southern district of Toledo.
		Thereafter, we were based in Punta Gorda town in the Toledo District, Belize for 8 weeks and worked closely with non-governmental organisations (NGOs), mainly Fauna and Flora International (FFI) and Ya'axche Conservation Trust (YCT).
		Belize is a very small country of over 250,000 people.
	pwcglobal.com /extweb/career.nsf/docid/9c6cae51a4028044ca256e77000696a1 (1468 words)

	BELIZEmagazine.com - The Internet Magazine of Belize
		he more I get into this art of backyard birding in Belize, the more I realize that the reason people have come to birding slower than they have to other adventure sports, is that from the outside looking in I too always thought is was an elite undertaking.
		Johnson on most days, but this was just before closing on a Saturday, and this was a dangerous time in the bottle returning business in Belize.
		Lee’s guide book to the birds of Belize spread openly across my lap, I flipped through the pages quickly without making a single hasty move that might in turn alarm the bird to my presence.
	www.belizemagazine.com /edition06/english/e06_23birding.htm (902 words)

	FWB, Spring/Summer 1996 - Americas
		Mostly students, academics and non-conformists from North America and Europe, ecotourists gravitate to the Toledo District of Belize because the area is inexpensive and has proximity to unspoiled rainforests.
		For the Mayas of the Toledo District, tourism opens an avenue that allows them to think about making a living without being forced into their usual bad options as second-class citizens: cash-cropping cacao or vegetables, working as wage labor on local plantations, or swidden agriculture for self-sufficiency.
		A third actor in the impasse is the Toledo Maya Cultural Council, an organization of 10,000 Mopan and Kekchí Maya that wants to establish a legally demarcated Maya homeland in the Toledo District as a conservation area.
	carbon.cudenver.edu /home/conversion/fwc/Americas-old/belize.html (750 words)

	Ecotourism in Belize - Ecotourism in Toledo - T.E.A. & TIDE Tours
		Ecotourism initiatives in Toledo District, Southern Belize, were visited and the extent to which they adhered to various ecotourism principles was evaluated.
		While the Toledo Ecotourism Association's power hierarchy is democratic, politics and the abuse of positions of power has resulted in friction between members that threatens the programme’s long-term sustainability.
		The proposed "Toledo People's Eco-park" and the Belize government's influence on ecotourism - Corruption, greed and the hijacking of best practices - questions about the Belize governments attitude towards ecotourism and indigenous peoples rights.
	www.piedrablanca.org /belize-ecotourism.htm (432 words)

	Overland Films Expeditions Main Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The USA to Belize team has wrapped our international expedition and is heading back to the United States and points beyond.
		A mix of coastal lowlands, mangrove swamp, pine savannah and sub-tropical rainforest, the Maya Mountain Marine Corridor encompasses almost one-million acres from the border at Guatemala to the Caribbean.
		The USA to Belize Adventure is designed to educate outdoor enthusiasts and the general public about how conservation of our diminishing wildlands can be accomplished even while using the same open space for recreational purposes.
	www.expeditionfilmpartners.com /expeditions/splash.html (324 words)

	Belize Student Teaching Program: Spring 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		However, because the Belize Student Teaching Program requires a week-long orientation period, you will need to be in Belize for a a total of 9 weeks (one week of orientation, and then 8 weeks of student teaching).
		Host school: You will student teach in the Toledo Community College (TCC) which is the public high school in Punta Gorda, a small town located on the southern coast of Belize in the Toledo District.
		These include links to Belize maps, Belize culture, directory of hotels and resorts, photo gallery, and information of each of the districts in Belize, including the Toledo District (where Punta Gorda, the town where you will be student teaching, is located).
	www.d.umn.edu /~hrallis/belize (2490 words)

	Plenty Belize Health Care
		This dream was recently made a reality when the Belize office of UNICEF agreed to fund Plenty to implement a midwifery training project in the Toledo District.
		A high percentage of Mayan women are anemic, which puts them and their unborn babies at risk during pregnancy and childbirth, and a high number of Mayan children suffer growth retardation due to malnutrition.
		The focus of the midwifery training project in Belize will be on understanding the role, skills and techniques of traditional Mayan midwives, as they are culturally the first line of care for pregnant women and babies in the villages.
	www.plenty.org /PlentyMidwifery.htm (967 words)

	BelizeTourism.Org - Press Kit: Press Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Toledo District, Belize, June 11, 2003- Toledo is Belize’s southernmost district, and the country’s undiscovered naturalist’s paradise.
		Toledo is truly for birders, and those adventure enthusiasts seeking a unique experience in a remote and natural environment.
		Toledo is easily accessible, with ten daily domestic flights from Belize City into Punta Gorda.
	www.belizetourism.org /press/150.htm (577 words)

	Baird's tapir
		Mammalia V. 53, No. 2, pp.217-226 7 Meyer, J. The University College of Belize Biological Expedition to the Columbia Forest Reserve, Toledo District, Belize.
		A Biological Assessment of the Columbia River Forest Reserve, Toledo District, Belize.
		Belize Environmental Action Network Expedition to the Columbia River Forest Reserve, Toledo District, Belize.
	fwie.fw.vt.edu /wcs/051280.HTM (444 words)

	Toledo Tour Guide Association (TTGA) - Toledo District, Belize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		TTGA members are qualified land and marine guides for the Toledo District and are located in Punta Gorda, Hopeville, Forest Home, Eldridgeville, Indian Creek, San Pedro Columbia, San Antonio, Santa Cruz, Blue Creek, Aguacate, and Santa Teresa.
		The Toledo Tour Guide Association (TTGA) was officially formed on December 31, 1994 in accordance with Statutory Instrument No. 80, 1994, Belize Tourist Board (Tour Guide) Regulation 1994 which is basically enacted for the benefit and protection of Belizean license tour guides.
		The Toledo Tour Guide President sits on the BTB License Committee where issues/concerns/decisions are discussed and implemented affecting the industry.
	www.puntagordabelize.com /ttga (346 words)

	Amazon.com: The Living Maya : The Mopan and Q´eqchi´ of the Toledo District, Belize - Central America (PC - CD-ROM): ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Living Maya is a multi-media examination of the Mopan and Q’eqchi’ Maya of the remote Toledo District in Belize, Central America.
		An avid eco-traveler, she was unaware of how her destiny would be determined by an unplanned stop in Toledo during a hiking/camping adventure in the spring of 1999.
		During her stay she learned of the Maya's desire to educate others about their traditional culture, as well as preserve the wisdom of village elders, at a period in time when the paving of a road to the district was soon to change the Maya's life paradigm.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0971235406?v=glance (833 words)

	Trees for the Future > Projects > Belize
		Clockwise from top left: Burning fields being cleared for agriculture; John Coleman in a mahogany tree nursery; Ricardo at the CEASO farm with his daughter - their farm is demonstarting the integration of a number of crops, trees, and animals, and agroforestry and water conservation techniques; John Leary with kids in cacao nursery.
		By visiting sites between the tops of mountains and the coastline, we were able to get a good analysis of the environmental concerns, and by interviewing businessmen, project managers, and local communities, we were able to get a solid understanding of both the social ramifications of poor watershed management and plans for the future.
		Throughout southern Belize and in much of Honduras, the A horizon, the top layer of soil, was very thin and sometimes nearly completely eroded.
	www.treesftf.org /projects/careport.htm (2692 words)

	Trees for the Future > Projects > Belize
		Establishment of a nursery at the University of Belize, (Toledo District)
		To date a total of 4, 627 trees have been planted throughout the five villages in the Belize District.
		The farmers have quickly seen the importance of planting trees on their farm with the knowledge that their land is more valuable and their livelihood better through the planting of trees.
	www.treesftf.org /projects/belize.htm (835 words)

	Why choose Southern Belize?
		The truth of the matter is that it was not until my eighth visit to the Central American country of Belize, that I finally took time aside to checkout the Toledo District firsthand.
		Long considered Belize’s most culturally diverse and remote district of it’s seven districts, Toledo is home to no less than six major rivers, seven to eighteen protected parks and reserves depending on how you count them to include the spectacular Port Honduras Marine Reserve.
		As for cultural diversity, the Toledo District is the most culturally diverse district in all of Belize.
	www.southernbelizerealestate.com /southernbelize.htm (963 words)

	Punta Gorda - Toledo District, Belize
		Sleep in thatched-roof huts in Maya Villages and sample "caldo", a tasty Maya-made lunch of homemade tortillas and chicken stew.
		Belize Tourist Board in Belize City and Natures Way in Punta Gorda can make arrangements for a visit.
		Some areas of Toledo District receive up to 170 inches of rain annually.
	www.belize-vacation.com /belize/pg.htm (298 words)

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