Audubon showcases the best art and photographs of nature
The Belize Audubon Society held an artistic competition to bring awareness to the importance of biodiversity. They invited schools and the general public to submit photographs or art work showing life forms that are a part of the country’s flora and fauna. Of the hundreds of submissions, the best works were chosen to be displayed at the Mexican Embassy. That exhibit opens tonight at seven, but News Five got a preview of what the public can expect.
Dareece Chuc, Education Program Mgr, Belize Audubon Society
“We’re having a biodiversity art and photography exhibition. It’s a part of our Green Wave Initiative and the Green Wave is about educating youths and children about the importance of biodiversity.”
Delahnie Bain
darecee chuc
“So what are the pieces you have on display?”
Dareece Chuc
“Okay, on display we have various artwork done by children living in communities buffering the protected areas that we manage. So we have from Biscayne, Crooked Tree, Lemonal Village and also some schools in the Belmopan area. We also have a very short section on oil spills and the effects on biodiversity and in regards to the photography component, we have various entries from the general public.”
Delahnie Bain
“How did you get all these pieces together?”
Dareece Chuc
“Okay, the schools, we visited the schools as a part of the Green Wave Initiative and we did our educational component, telling them about biodiversity and we also invited them participate in the competition. And so these are all the best pieces from the entries from the competition.”
Delahnie Bain
“What were you looking for in the photographs and art pieces?”
Dareece Chuc
“Okay, the theme was Belizean biodiversity, so we were looking for anything; any life form that’s Belizean; Belizean biodiversity.”
Delahnie Bain
“What was the aim of this whole competition and the exhibit and everything?”
Dareece Chuc
“It’s to bring about awareness about biodiversity, threats to biodiversity and more than that, the Green Wave is about empowering young people so that they themselves can positively contribute to biodiversity conservation here in Belize.”
The exhibit is open to the public from nine to five for the rest of the week.
