11 football fields of Darien rainforest destroyed daily
The deforestation of the Darien jungle is accelerating with some eight hectares a day equivalent to more than eleven football...
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENT: Youth rallies to change the world
Greta Thunberg is a 16-year-old Swedish girl who decided to act so that the world's governments responsibly face the very...
Three arrested transporting turtle eggs
Three people attempting to transport over a thousand sea turtle eggs in the Tonosí Valley region, of Los Santos, to...
Cleaning of beaches and rivers will close Oceans Month
Organizers of the XXVIII National Cleaning of Panama Beaches, Rivers and Coasts on Sunday, September 29, at the end of...
ENVIRONMENT: Canal Authority reforests 129 hectares
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has reforested 65 hectares were reforested in the Azuero region (Los Pozos and Macaracas) as...
ENVIRONMENT: The Emeraald Forest – more than trees
By Jonathan Power Belem is the Brazilian city at the mouth of the Amazon. Unlike its slummy counterpart, Kinshasa, at...
Moritorium on Darien logging permits
Environment Minister, Milciades Concepcion has declared a one year moratorium, on logging permits in Darien where 8.1 hectares of valuable...
ENVIRONMENT: Panama's lungs moving to pasture
As Amazon forests burn or are taken over by mining corporations and farming interests the Darien jungle Panama’s own lung...
Panama’s uncontrolled logging mafia
What is happening in Darien is unsustainable. The indiscriminate felling and without real controls by the authorities will begin to...
: Amazon burns, Panama improvises
The fire that occurs in the Amazon, lung of our planet - generates 20% of the earth's oxygen -...
Private school construction on hold pending study
The construction of a new King's College school in Clayton has received a temporary suspension order from the Panama Municipal...
ENVIRONMENT: Frequency of extreme weather events rising
The frequency of episodes of extreme heat and rainy events worldwide has increased and the pattern is expected to continue....
