A public consultation by the Department of the Environment on whether a resort should be allowed to be constructed on Big and Little Channel Cayes in the Southwater Marine Reserve, Pelican Cayes, World Heritage Site, will be held on 15 September 2009 at 6:30 PM at the Placencia Village Community Center.

All tour guides, tour operators and the general public are strongly urged to attend.

The EIA for the proposed Chrysalis Resort can be downloaded from http://www.doe.gov.bz/EIAs/Chrysalis.html

A summary of the proposed development and background information is available at http://sites.google.com/site/pcsdbelize/developments/chrysalis-resort

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Peninsula Citizens for Sustainable Development