Peace Without Poison

Due to the country’s rich biodiversity and crucial place in the Mesoamerican BiologicalCorridor, however, Belize could not be allowed to grow at natural rates. And that is why as soonas environmental concerns were recognized at the international level as crucial to the planet’s lifesupport system, Belize was subsumed into the depopulation program.Contraceptives use is too low to have played an important role in Belize’s declining fertility. Asthe graph below shows the contraceptive prevalence rate never exceeded 56% and for the pastdecade has been below 30%. The abortion rate, at c. 12%, is even less important, which leavesonly covert chemical poisoning.Belize is in stage three of the demographic transition.90 | P a g e