Visualizing environmental change is one way people experience ecological degradation and changes in land‐use practices. In Placencia, located in Belize, the intensity and scale of development has been increasing without participation by local populations. Through interviews and photovoice, we document the ways residents have encountered changing environments, in order to explore how global and local processes of uneven development intersect. Areas of concern included coastal erosion, dredging, and impacts to marine environments. Participants asserted the need for greater enforcement of environmental regulations and more equitable decision‐making practices related to land and resource ownership in the context of rapid development.

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视觉叙事：探讨伯利兹普拉圣西亚旅游业发展的影响

可视化环境变化是人们体验生态退化和土地使用方式变化的一种方式。在伯利兹的普拉森西亚，没有当地居民的参与，发展的强度和规模一直在增加。通过采访和写真，我们记录了居民遇到不断变化的环境的方式，以探索全球和本地发展不平衡的过程如何相交。关注的领域包括海岸侵蚀，疏dr以及对海洋环境的影响。与会者称，在快速发展的背景下，需要加强与土地和资源所有权有关的环境法规和更公平的决策做法的执行。