Panama Enters the Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Panama enters the GBIF – Global Biodiversity Information Facility – an international network and data infrastructure funded by the world’s governments and aimed at providing anyone, anywhere, open access to data about all types of life on Earth. 

This country is home to a diverse set of terrestrial and marine life forms that support a range of species as a central crossroads between North and South America.  Panama has joined the GBIF as an associate participant, becoming the 64th national participant and the twelfth in Latin America and the Caribbean.  This Central American country is home to a unique and diverse set of terrestrial and marine life forms (biomes) that support a wide range of species as a central crossroads between North and South America.  According to the Ministry of the Environment (MiAmbiente), this integration into the GBIF global network occurred through a technical cooperation agreement between this entity and the global Biodiversity Information network, signed by the Vice Minister of Environment Diana Laguna. 

With this, Panama will be part of this network for the next 5 years, which will allow it to receive support and collaboration from the network organization, and from the member countries, particularly from the Latin American area, such as Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina.  According to MiAmbiente, this is intended to advance the design and preparation of a National Biodiversity Information System.