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Xate palms (Chamaedorea spp.) in Belise

Conservation and sustainable management

Confiscated xaté palm leaves

This Darwin Initiative project, established in 2003, is a collaborative venture between the Natural History Museum (London), the Belize Forest Department and the Belize Botanic Garden. Its broad objectives are to better understand the systematics and ecology of Chamaedorea and to develop Belize's capacity to manage sustainably the economically important species of this genus (termed xaté), whose leaves are cut commercially for foliage

  • fruits of Chamaedorea oblongata
    Taxonomy

    Browse information on the taxonomy of Xate palms from Belise

  • Confiscated xaté palm leaves
    Outputs

    Find out about the xaté palms projects output and resource inventory.

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    Acknowledgements

    Find out more about the participants and collaborators involved in this project.

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    References

    Reading lists and useful websites

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    Project Background

    Investigate the background to the xate palm project in Belize.

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