Belize - geography, development and conservation.

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Issue 1.                                 Editor: Jenny Nwalioba

        

Belize

Today in development weekly, we talk about a country which has exceeded their development in just 12,000. I am of course talking about the beautiful Belize. I was sent to Belize to investigate this country unbeknown to most and research on its coral reefs.

Before we get on to the issue of the coral reefs, I though it best for you to know a little about Belize.

Where is Belize?

Belize is located above the equator; it is in the northern hemisphere. It sits next to the Caribbean Sea which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. Belize resides in the continent Central America, by the north of Belize is Mexico and in the south Guatemala.

What’s Belize like?

Sectors of the economy are divided into three:

Primary: The primary sector of the economy involves changing natural resources into primary products. Most products from this sector are considered raw materials for other industries. Major businesses in this sector include agriculture, agribusiness, fishing, forestry and all mining and quarrying industries.

Secondary: The secondary sector of the economy includes those economic sectors that create a finished, usable product: manufacturing and construction

And finally Tertiary: The tertiary sector of the economy (also known as the service sector or the service industry) is an industry that provide goods or services to consumers using raw materials from primary industry and goods processed by secondary industry

Belize:

Belize is not poor as agriculture is not the top industrial sector it is neither MEDC nor LEDC but in-between. 29% of Belize deals in agriculture and 17% deal in industry. The main industry is the banana industry; they however are parts of the reason for the coral reef being the way it is, as the fertilizer they use on the crops are washed away in the sea and destroy the coral reef. 54% of Belize industry composition deals in services. The Europeans are the top bosses of most of the richest industries in Belize, so the money still comes to us. The services Belize can offer though aren’t the same as the UK. Whereas theirs are to service people the UK is used for jobs such as accountants, banker etc but to do these you need to be educated and Belize has such a low literacy rate. Belize most popular service however is tourism-as it is a main attraction-the tourist are mostly from Europe as Europe has no coral reefs. This is because Coral reefs are located in tropical oceans near the equator.

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Is Belize a developing country?

Development measures

Development is a process of change that affects people's lives in different countries. It refers mostly to the standards if living and also quality of life. The development measures shows that the life expectancy of the United Kingdom and that of Belize differs by 10 years, this may be due to the fact that whilst in the United kingdom on average there is 0% of the civilization drinking clean water, 9% of Belize do not have access to adequate sanitation or safe water. From the development measures, we also find out that nearly ...

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