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Troubled Waters
The authors investigated a dive company in Belize after one of its customers, Abigail Brinkman, died. They found questionable practices and a history of incidents. The company, Advance Dive, and dive master Vance Cabral were found to have put people's lives at risk for profit. On Dec 14, 2006, Belize's Licensing Committee announced their decision to refuse to renew Advance Diving Tours tour operator’s license for a period of 5 years.
Tags: Scuba diving; snorkeling; Belize; Abigail Brinkman; Vance Cabral; Advance Dive; water safety; tourism; tour operators
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No title (id: 6309)
Houston Chronicle examines the depletion of tropical forests; looks at how tropical forests affect world climate, environment and economics; also looks at Houston's link to the forests, including hospitals using medicines made from forest products and Houston businesses that own large tracts of land in Belize, June 1988.
Tags: Dawson Ponti Costa Rica Monteverde Conservation League
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No title (id: 4495)
Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville) reveals the growing importance of the drug smuggling industry to the tiny Central American country of Belize, Sept. 9, 1985.
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