After buying Belizean isle Blackadore Caye in 2005 for $1.75M, Leonardo DiCaprio had planned to 'change the world' by building a luxury eco-resort scheduled to open in 2018.However, protests and backlash from Belize locals and fishermen have effectively stalled the 46-year-old Oscar winner's ambitious plans for the 104-acre, 2.2 mile-long sandbar.Protesters took offense to Leonardo's idea of 116 floating villas built on a platform supported by pylons with artificial reefs, which would 'destroy the fish breeding grounds.' Environmentalist: After buying Belizean isle Blackadore Caye in 2005 for $1.75M, Leonardo DiCaprio had planned to 'change the world' by building a luxury eco-resort scheduled to open in 2018 (pictured in 2020)Groups like.
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