Ernesto Saqui wins Audubon Award

He has worked on the front lines of conservation for over a decade… and tonight he is receiving some well deserved recognition. At a ceremony just underway at the Marine Terminal in Belize City, Ernesto Saqui of Maya Centre Village is receiving the Audubon Society’s highest honor, the James Waight Award. Saqui was manager of the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary from 1987 to 97 and has also served as village council chairman for the same length of time. Saqui is credited with changing local attitudes toward conservation and for building Cockscomb into one of the nation’s most popular protected areas and one recognized around the world for its contribution to environmental protection. The James Waight Award is given annually in honor of the veteran environmentalist who was one of the founders of Belize Audubon.