Belize Oil and Gas Constitutional Reform Campaign

Belize Oil and Gas Constitutional Reform Campaign

Oceana
Grantee Oceana
Grant Amount 100,000
Duration One Year

The goal of this work is to reform the Belizean Constitution to protect the Caribbean Sea and its biodiversity. Oceana is seeking to obtain adoption of a constitutional amendment that will require a binding referendum to provide prior public approval of commercial activities affecting Belize’s oceans or coasts. The project begins by campaigning for a referendum to express public disapproval of any change in the ban on offshore oil drilling.