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"To safeguard the ecological integrity of the Sarstoon-Temash region and employ its resources in an environmentally sound manner for the economic, social, cultural, and spiritual well-being of its indigenous people." - SATIIM
The Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management (SATIIM) works to manage the 42,000-acre Sarstoon Temash National Park and protect the rights of the Q’eqchi Maya and Garifuna communities living around it. In response to a need for environmental conservation as well as poverty reduction, SATIIM helps communities implement sustainable development projects.
US Capital Energy has been exploring for oil in the park, and the Belizean government has expressed its wishes for drilling to start within the next few months. In response, SATIIM is seeking to educate its remote indigenous member communities on what drilling would mean for them and what their rights are.
The National Park includes extensive wetlands and coastline and is home to endangered species such as the jaguar and manatee. The area is also the ancestral home and ongoing source of livelihood of several indigenous communities. Today it is under threat from illegal logging, poaching, climate change, and oil drilling.
SATIIM's Objectives:
July 13, 2011, Pipeline Spills: Learning from Disaster, Amandala
March 15, 2011, Indigenous and African peoples need united front to face government resistance on petroleum, Amandala
March 11, 2011, SATIIM Says No Drilling!, Amandala
March 11, 2011, SATIIM Holds Oil Summit in Toledo, The Reporter
February 11, 2011, Drilling in Sarstoon-Temash Could Begin in August: GOB, Amandala
January 28, 2011, 'A hell of a storm is coming’: Coalition to Save Our National Heritage, Amandala
October 6, 2006, Supreme Court tells U.S.Capital Energy no seismic testing in nat’l park before an EIA, The Reporter
Reports:
"End the Secrecy"- SATIIM Demands Explaination for US Oil Company's Return to National Protected Land (October 25, 2011) dvds for sale online
SATIIM Demands Explanation for US Oil Company’s Return to National Protected Land (November 2011)
SATIIM's Position Paper (March 9, 2011)
People's Position Statement, Results of Participant’s Discussions at SATIIM’s Oil Summit (March 8-9, 2011)
SATIIM's 2010 Annual Report
Belize's Oil: Doing it Right, by Professor Rick Steiner
SATIIM v. Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, 2006 Belize Supreme Court Case
Website: www.satiim.org.bz
SATIIM's Blog: http://satiim.blogspot.com/
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Satiim/128667570508283
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/satiim
Support SATIIM in Belize:
You must insert a dollar amount to donate.
81 Main Street, Punta Gorda Town
P.O. Box 127
Toledo District, Belize, C.A.
Phone: 501-722-0103
Fax: 501-722-0124
Email: satiim@btl.net
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Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management
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"To safeguard the ecological integrity of the Sarstoon-Temash region and employ its resources in an environmentally sound manner for the economic, social, cultural, and spiritual well-being of its indigenous people." - SATIIM
The Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management (SATIIM) works to manage the 42,000-acre Sarstoon Temash National Park and protect the rights of the Q’eqchi Maya and Garifuna communities living around it. In response to a need for environmental conservation as well as poverty reduction, SATIIM helps communities implement sustainable development projects.
US Capital Energy has been exploring for oil in the park, and the Belizean government has expressed its wishes for drilling to start within the next few months. In response, SATIIM is seeking to educate its remote indigenous member communities on what drilling would mean for them and what their rights are.
The National Park includes extensive wetlands and coastline and is home to endangered species such as the jaguar and manatee. The area is also the ancestral home and ongoing source of livelihood of several indigenous communities. Today it is under threat from illegal logging, poaching, climate change, and oil drilling.
SATIIM's Objectives:
- To protect the ecological integrity and cultural values of the Sarstoon Temash region.
- To develop and implement a park management strategy that recognizes the historical and ongoing relationship between the Garifuna and Maya Indigenous communities and the land and resources of the national park.
- To develop and implement a regional land management strategy for the indigenous communities.
- To facilitate community participation in regional conservation / natural resource management and development initiatives.
- To develop alternative conservation strategies that engage and benefit indigenous people.
- To encourage sustainable agricultural systems and environmentally sound economic alternatives.
July 13, 2011, Pipeline Spills: Learning from Disaster, Amandala
March 15, 2011, Indigenous and African peoples need united front to face government resistance on petroleum, Amandala
March 11, 2011, SATIIM Says No Drilling!, Amandala
March 11, 2011, SATIIM Holds Oil Summit in Toledo, The Reporter
February 11, 2011, Drilling in Sarstoon-Temash Could Begin in August: GOB, Amandala
January 28, 2011, 'A hell of a storm is coming’: Coalition to Save Our National Heritage, Amandala
October 6, 2006, Supreme Court tells U.S.Capital Energy no seismic testing in nat’l park before an EIA, The Reporter
Reports:
"End the Secrecy"- SATIIM Demands Explaination for US Oil Company's Return to National Protected Land (October 25, 2011) dvds for sale online
SATIIM Demands Explanation for US Oil Company’s Return to National Protected Land (November 2011)
SATIIM's Position Paper (March 9, 2011)
People's Position Statement, Results of Participant’s Discussions at SATIIM’s Oil Summit (March 8-9, 2011)
SATIIM's 2010 Annual Report
Belize's Oil: Doing it Right, by Professor Rick Steiner
SATIIM v. Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, 2006 Belize Supreme Court Case
Website: www.satiim.org.bz
SATIIM's Blog: http://satiim.blogspot.com/
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Satiim/128667570508283
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/satiim
Support SATIIM in Belize:
You must insert a dollar amount to donate.
81 Main Street, Punta Gorda Town
P.O. Box 127
Toledo District, Belize, C.A.
Phone: 501-722-0103
Fax: 501-722-0124
Email: satiim@btl.net
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