Panama Creates Wildlife Refuge to Protect Sea Turtles and More
Panama issued Ministerial Resolution No. 0123 of June 28, 2024, which declares the creation of the new Saboga Wildlife Refuge,...
ENVIRONMENT
Migration Crisis Devastates Panama’s Most Important Natural Reserve
Saving and protecting the most important natural reserve in Panama and the region is the great challenge that the new...
Ban Agrochemical Pesticides Considered Hazardous in Panama and Costa Rica
Panama uses many chemicals in fields as it is much easier than clearing with manual labor. Instead of paying workers...
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...
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...
