{"article":{"id":9144,"heading":"Belizean People Earn Protection of Nature in US-Nature Conservancy 50% Debt Swap","author":"Paul Hays","created":"2001-08-05 11:11:55","modified":"2001-08-05 11:34:04","last_modified":"Sun, 05 Aug 2001 18:34:04","article":"<p>\"The United States government with a significant assist from the Nature Conservancy, has signed a landmark debt for nature swap to reduce by about 50% the debt which Belize owes <br><br> to the United States. In exchange, the goverment of Belize has agreed to protect 23,000 acres of vulnerable forest land.\"<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"1 (800) 708-1392","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":" Courtesy of Environmental News Service. Thank you all for covering this.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2001\/08\/9144.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}