Initial estimates of the project budget reveal a total cost of £22,020 for a project based on 15 UK-based personnel, with a per capita cost of £1,468, including £4,800 pre-paid by the Department of Geography.

Group support and sponsorship

We are very grateful to acknowledge the financial support from the following companies and organisations:

Belize Sugar Industries Limited


(RGS Tate & Lyle Award Fund)


(RGS Augustine Courtauld Award Fund)


The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland


The University of Edinburgh Development Trust


211 Foundation for Exploration


(World Land Trust)




The Royal Society of St. George

Sponsors of individuals within the project

The following organisations and charitable trusts supported one or more members of the expedition:

James Rennie Bequest


RGS Monica Cole Award
Awarded to Sarah Selby

Logistical support in Belize

We are very grateful to the following bodies who provided advise and supported the expedition's activity through loans of equipment, office space, etc. during our time in Belize: