A red-footed booby (Sula sula) nests in the forest canopy of Half Moon Caye Natural Monument. The caye is home to one of two Atlantic nesting colonies of the bird. The caye was accorded World Heritage status in 1996, but protection of the booby colony dates as far back as 1928 when a small area of the island was designated a crown reserve during Belize's period of British colonial rule.

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, a multidisciplinary team of conservationists, photojournalists, and new media specialists documented and explored the Belizean Barrier Reef Reserve System. Representatives from EarthWild International, University of California (Berkeley), Nationalgeographic.com, Belize Audubon, and the Wildlife Conservation Society examined universal challenges to conservation and sustainable development and celebrated successes in the preservation of our common natural heritage.

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