Belize Sets Aside Forest for Jaguar Sanctuary
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WASHINGTON — Belize has set aside 100,000 acres of rain forest, or nearly 2% of the country’s total land area, for the protection of jaguars, the Belize Embassy in Washington said Wednesday.
The government of the tiny English-speaking Central American nation and the World Wildlife Fund, a Washington-based nature conservation group, signed an agreement to expand the world’s only jaguar sanctuary thirtyfold.
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