TIDE Initiatives
TIDE works through three key initiatives that focus on marine and terrestrial goals:
Education and Outreach
Resource Protection
Research and Monitoring
Research and monitoring creates a strong research and evidence base to develop innovative, interdisciplinary research and methodologies delivering appropriate tools and approaches. Assessing the health of the ecosystem encompassed by the Maya Mountain Marine Corridor includes marine, terrestrial and freshwater systems in an integrated approach to research and recommendation, incorporating the entirety of the watershed from headwaters to the coral reefs. Ecosystem mapping, the systems-based knowledge of coastal and marine socio-ecological systems includes the inter-linkages with marine and terrestrial systems to increase understanding and inform management decisions.
Resource Protection
TIDE conducts enforcement of laws and regulations through a series of activities:
- Regular patrols by TIDE rangers,
- Joint patrols with the Belize Defense Force, fisheries and others,
- Signage and information regarding regulations,
- Demarcation, and
- Capacity building of TIDE rangers, community stewards, and members of the general public.
Marine
- Port Honduras Marine Reserve (co-management with Fisheries Department)
Terrestrial
- Payne’s Creek National Park (co-management with Forest Department)
- TIDE Private Protected Lands

