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One of our photographers captured these photos at the waste management facility in #Placencia. These birds are attracted to the area because of the trash collection procedures. Learn about the role of this facility when we premiere our project live on April 29. 📸by @hannawon72.

This is what chocolate looks like before it looks like 🍫. These #cacao pods take many months to grow. Once harvested, they begin a complex journey. Learn how these cacao pods become the #chocolate you eat when we premiere our project on April 29 at 7 p.m. Photo by Dustin Duong.

Sea turtles call the #BelizeBarrierReef home. However, according to NASA, this home is threatened by rising sea temperatures and coastal erosion. Learn more about the human impacts of climate change during our live premiere April 29 at 7 p.m. 📸: Haley France #WhatWeHaveToLose

TOMORROW: Join us at your computer when we premiere our project "Barriers" LIVE at 7 p.m. EST. Learn how #Belize is confronting climate change, pollution, and development to preserve their environment and culture. You will be able to join us at go.unc.edu/barriers2020.

Y’all log onto our premiere tomorrow to see more shots of my back as I paddle board into the sunset AND the incredible content of my colleagues and friends produced this semester!!

Tonight, join us at your computer when we premiere "Barriers" #LIVE at 7 p.m. EST. Learn how #Belize is working to preserve their natural world and way of life. You will be able to join us at go.unc.edu/barriers2020. Video by @SamJeannePerry, taylor tyson, and Lucia Castro.

Shout out to our #Uprooted team!

We are one hour away from the LIVE premiere of BARRIERS. The premiere will begin at 7 p.m. at go.unc.edu/barriers2020.

Join us! Grab your computer because the live premiere of BARRIERS is starting RIGHT NOW at go.unc.edu/barriers2020.

Our UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media UNC Global Storytelling project this year just debuted, and it's amazing. barriers.unc.edu

🐠🌊Teams of #UNC Hussman students, supported by faculty with a track record of excellence, produced an in-depth, multifaceted look at how 1️⃣ nation — Belize, home to the world’s 2️⃣nd largest barrier reef — is confronting the challenges of climate change.➡️barriers.unc.edu

“The science tells us that time is running out to take action, and to me this means that I can not rest.” #Belize’s future is intimately tied to its coral #reefs. Both are in jeopardy. Learn about the efforts to save the world's second largest reef system➡️barriers.unc.edu/coral/

“We really don’t care for the cruise line to be over here at all...the locals make nothing at all.” #Belize has brought in more #tourism from cruises, but communities are concerned about the #environmental and cultural impacts. Learn more at barriers.unc.edu/tourism/.

“Maya people look at cacao beans as medicine. Today the commercial world looks at chocolate as a treat.” For some, #chocolate is more than the treat you eat — it's a way of life. Learn about the changing Mayan chocolate industry in #Belize at barriers.unc.edu/culture/.

"We’ve got to find solutions for this problem, because the problem will never end.” Disparities undercut #Belize's waste management system, and new policies are leaving residents behind. Learn more at barriers.unc.edu/waste/.

“We learn from our ancestors how to care for the environment.” As climate change and governance impact #Belize's fishing economy, advocates view #seaweed farming as the solution. Learn more at barriers.unc.edu/seaweed/.

Incredibly proud of our 2019 UNC Global Storytelling students, who just won the SPJ National Mark of Excellence award for collaborative journalism for Uprooted. spj.org/moe19.asp

Silver: “Barriers”

Bronze: “Bitter & Sweet”

Award of Excellence: “Can You Hear Her?”