I have been very quiet on this topic for a long time but those of you who have been around for awhile know that I fought like crazy to stop the destruction of the mangroves. I am the woman that Jeff Pierce refers to as "The Bitch" and asked my caretaker how he could stand to work for me.
If it had simply been mud off of the bottom of the lagoon that was dredged up I would not have said a thing. Moving mud from one place to another does not diminish the lagoon. TEARING OUT A QUARTER OF A MILE OF MANGROVES DOES!
S&S you and I can get along fine as neighbors but you must understand that all that life you are seeing in the lagoon is what I was seeing from my place. I miss my birds!
You challenged us to stop such things in the future - the problem is that the precedent has been set and Jeff Pierce is in the process of destroying another piece of our eco-system at a project I believe is called South Beach.
What I have been told is that no environmental impact study was done as Jeff did not apply for a permit to DREDGE; he got a permit to MINE.
Many things have gone on behind closed doors and I will not make any acquisitions I can't substantiate but I'm sure it doesn't take much imagination to figure things out.
I was told that right after the national election there were over 20 projects on the island shut down; Reef Village and South Park were among them. I've heard rumors about how another arm of the government stepped in and over road that action.
There are a lot of laws here in Belize, ropes across the road is one of them. Unfortunately few of the laws are enforced. Therefore we whine!

Harriette
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