Panama and Costa Rica are Dealing with Canadian Mine Closures
The cost of the closure of Canadian miner First Quantum's copper mine in Panama pictured above is estimated at around...
ENVIRONMENT
Carbon Negative: Panama Leads the Way
Human-induced global warming is arguably the most significant environmental concern in mankind's history. Caused largely by the burning of fossil...
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...
Smithsonian Celebrates a Century of Tropical Science in Panama
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) commemorates 100 years of scientific research on Barro Colorado Island (BCI) with the "Barro...
The Microsoft-Panama Tropical Forest Carbon Offtake Deal
The picture above is the ARC project nursery, larger than a football field and will accommodate over 1 million saplings. ...
Taming the Caldera River in Boquete from 2008
Above, the Hotel Ladera gets flooded as the banks of the powerful Caldera River move inland and wipe out the...
Panama Protects Largest Marine Corridor in the World
The four countries of Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Panama created a project that protects 500,000 square kilometers of seas...
Banco Nacional is Recycling Old Phones and Chargers
On the World Recycling Day, the National Bank of Panama highlights the opportunity we have to reflect on our environmental...
First Peoples of Panama to be Displaced by Climate Change
Some 1,200 members of a Panamanian Indigenous community, their island home threatened by rising sea levels, received new government-sponsored homes...
Algae Potential in Panama
Algae provide a wide range of options, both scientifically and commercially, however, in Panama there is a need to further...
Microsoft Partners with ARC Project to Restore Panama’s Forests
The ARC Project will restore a unique tropical forest in Panama by planting more than 6 million trees of more...
The Cocobolo Tree: Critically Endangered
Like several of the trees of the Dalbergia genus, the cocobolo produces a dense, reddish and shiny wood, highly appreciated...
