There’s its almost 300 km of coastline, to say nothing of the Belize Barrier Reef — a designated World Heritage site extending another 250 km wide. This makes it the second largest reef system in the entire world.
Moreover, a good deal of the country’s population lives off the “green” of such blue: 40% of the country’s total contribution to its GDP is derived from tourism, mostly marine-based. Together with shipping and fishing, a majority of the country’s income comes from da see (as it’s known in the local Kriol). Even much of the country’s waste management system relies on the ocean.
Belize is inextricably tied to its blue economy, and whence goes the ocean, likely goes its future.