14th UK-Belize Association Meeting Friday 23rd September, 2011

14th UK-Belize Association Meeting Friday 23rd September, 2011

To be held at: Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Room: G37 Bedford Room (Ground floor).

Provisional Programme.

13:00 Registration
13:15 Welcome

13:30 Session 1
Dylan Vernon, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London
Big Game, Small Town: Exploring the Origins of Modern Political Clientelism in Belize.
Victor Bulmer-Thomas, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London
The Belize Economy since Independence.
Anne Burns, The Belize High Commission in London
Barrier Reef Conservation initiatives: Reforesting coral beds.
Elizabeth Graham, Institute of Archaeology, University College, London
Residual waste in the past and its impact on modern environments

15:30 Tea & coffee

16:00 Session 2
Holley Moyes, University of California
The Archaeology of Las Cuevas
Percival Cho, Lancaster Environment Centre, University of Lancaster
Hurricane impact assessment on the Forest Dynamic Plots in the Chiquebul and Colombia Forests: Implications for Forest conservation.
Christopher Minty, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh & Charles Britt, New Mexico State University.
Monitoring the Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) in the Chiquebul Forest: Update.
Barbara Bulmer-Thomas, Independent Researcher
Origin Myths: The curious case of Peter Wallace the vanishing pirate.

UK-Belize Association Business

18:00 Close of meeting

ALL WELCOME
Contact: bbulmerthomas@gmail.com