About SEA

Environmental Awareness and Protected Areas Management

The Southern Environmental Association (SEA) is a non-governmental organization, developed when two longstanding conservation organizations, Friends of Nature (FON) and the Toledo Association for Sustainable Tourism and Empowerment (TASTE). SEA comanaged two important marine protected areas in southern Belize: Gladden Spit & Silk Cayes Marine Reserve (GSSCMR) and Laughing Bird Caye National Park (LBCNP).

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The Mission

Is to continuously work towards improving stewardship and the environmental integrity of key marine areas in southern Belize through effective, collaborative protected areas management, community involvement and strategic partnership for the benefit of all stakeholders.

The Vision

The Southern Environmental Association (SEA Belize) will be a leader in effective resource management and responsible stewardship for southern Belize’s strategically important marine areas thus creating benefits for all stakeholders.

Communities We Serve

SEA serves villages/ communities that lines the coast of southern Belize, including: Hopkins, Sittee River, Riversdale, Seine Bight, Placencia, Independence, Monkey River, Punta Negra, Punta Gorda- and Sarteneja to an extent.