Panama Proposes to Colombia to Measure Environmental Damage in the Darien Gap
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino said this Friday, June 6, that he has asked neighboring Colombia to assess the ecological...
ENVIRONMENT
Remembering Gardi Sugdub the Panama Island Threatened by the Sea One Year after the Exodus
You may remember a story that we ran last year on NewsroomPanama.com about Gardi Sugdub and the exodus. Let’s revisit...
$70 Million is the Investment in Panama’s New Solar Park
Panama formally inaugurated the Santiago Solar Park, a $70 million investment by the Naiad Renovables Group with a capacity to...
Alarming Levels of Pollution in the Estibaná River in Los Santos Affecting Drinking Water
Along the Estibaná River, a sub-basin of the La Villa River, the waters no longer run clear. Authorities have detected...
Bladex and the Panama Canal: An Alliance Transforming Plastic Waste into Progress for Communities
In Latin America, where social, environmental, and economic challenges are so diverse, strategic partnerships have become a key tool for advancing...
The United States Releases Millions of Flies over Panama Every Week
Every week, U.S. aircraft drop more than 14.7 million sterile flies over the Panamanian rainforest to curb the screwworm, a key operation to...
Indigenous Communities near the Panama Canal have a Bigger Problem than Trump
Since entering office in January, Donald Trump’s repeated threats to seize control of the Panama Canal, a critical passage for...
Panama Night Swimming in Bioluminescent Water Is A Little Scary, Very Beautiful, and Totally Worth It
No phone, no camera, no fear. Well, a little bit of fear. This is what it’s like to go night...
Worrying Levels of Mercury Detected in Fish for Human Consumption in Panama
A recent study led by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and McGill University revealed, for the first time, the presence of significant concentrations...
Panama: The Isthmus that Changed the World
Twenty million years ago ocean covered the area where Panama is today. There was a gap between the continents of...
Hiking the Camino Real de Panamá, a Historic Sea-to-Sea Trade Route
Swinging his machete, our guide Molinar Toribio is hacking at the branches, palm leaves, and twisted tree trunks that encroach...
A Panama Tree Capable of Surviving Lightning Strikes has been Documented
For many trees, lightning is synonymous with death, however, not for Dipteryx oleifera, an imposing tenant of the Panamanian tropical forests,...
