Placencia Lagoon Community Science

A year-round community science program to collect data on the behavior and activity of crocodiles and other wildlife around the Placencia Lagoon.

Please take out this paragraph: Don’t live around Placencia Lagoon but want to participate in croc research in Belize?  Well now you can!  The CRC is excited to launch our participation with iCroc (http://www.faculty.biol.ttu.edu/densmore/iCroc/#intro)! As long as you have a smart phone, now you can add data that can assist not only the CRC, but key crocodylian researchers around the world in conserving crocodiles. Download the free app, and assist the CRC in our research, management and conservation of crocodiles in the Placencia Lagoon and throughout Belize!

So what will we do with all this data? Annually, we will compile the data to look at patterns of crocodile and other wildlife activity, behavior, and “hot spots.” All this information can be utilized to help the community learn how to coexist with wildlife, hopefully furthering pride and stewardship of our wildlife neighbors. The involvement of the community in our efforts for furthering conservation is significant for the CRC as we know the success of any long-term efforts to conserve our local environment is dependent on the education and involvement of the local communities living alongside wildlife.