The Ix Jaguar Project is a long-term large-scale camera trapping project that was started by Dr. Marcella Kelly in the early 2000s to be one of the first to study jaguars. The project had small beginnings in the Maya Mountains of Belize and since then has flourished to cover 46% of all protected areas of Belize.
The focus of this project is to inestigate long term population dynamics and demographics of jaguars and other species and factors that affect their status in Belize.
This project monitors in 7 different private and protected areas: Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area, Belize Maya Forest, Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve, Chiquibul Forest Reserve, Gallon Jug Estates, Hidden Valley Preserve, and the Belize Central Wildlife Corridor.
