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TEN YEARS OF ACHIEVEMENT AT EL PILAR:
FIRST FEATURE: Management 1992-2002

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT IN THE MAYA FOREST
THE CONTIGUOUS PARKS AT EL PILAR - WEB VERSION

Appendix VII: Acronyms Used in the Text

ACOFOP Association de Comunidades Forestales

AdEP Amigos de El Pilar

BRASS Belize River Archaeological Settlement Survey

BEST Belize Enterprise for Sustainable Technology

BTF Bullet Tree Falls

BTIA Belize Tourism Industry Association

CCAD Comision Centroamericana de Ambiente y Dearrollo

CoCEP Consultative Council for El Pilar

CONAP Consejo Nacional de Areas Protegidas

DoA Department of Archaeology

EPAR El Pilar Archaeological Reserve for Mata Flora and Fauna

FCD Friends for Conservation and Development

FNR University of Belize Faculty of Natural Resources

HfP Help for Progress

IDAEH Instituto de Antropologia e Historia (Guatemala)

IDB InterAmerican Development Bank

IDEADS Instituto de Derecho Ambiental y Desarrollo Sustentable

INGUAT Instituto Guatemalteco de Turismo

MCEP Monumento Cultural para Flora y Fauna Mayas

MR Mesa Redonda(s)

NARMAP Natural Resources Management and Protection Project

NGO Non-Governmental Organization

PACT Protected Areas Conservation Trust

PACTEC-EP Protected Areas Technical Evaluation Committee Ð El Pilar

RBM Reserva de la Biosfera Maya

SHJC Sacred Heart Junior College

SIGAP Sistema de Areas Protegidas

UCSB University of California, Santa Barbara

UF University of Florida

USAID United States Agency for International Development

WMF World Monument Fund


~Table of Contents~

Executive Summary | Under the Canopy | Towards Formal Protection | An Expanding Network | Parallel Paths in the Maya Forest | Creating El Pilar | The El Pilar Experience and Tourism Potential | Investments at El Pilar | What Lies Ahead: Resilience with Challenges | Acknowledgments

~ Appendices~

Appendix I: Draft El Pilar Management Plan | Appendix II: CoCEP Members | Appendix III: Ten Years Asset Building of El Pilar | Appendix IV: Collaborative Team Organization | Appendix V: Timelines of El Pilar | Appendix VI: A History of the Reserve Development | Appendix VII: Acronyms | Appendix VIII: Statutory Instrument for El Pilar | Bibliography