The Smithsonian Tropical Institute broke ground this week on a new research campus in the community of Gamboa. The new campus and world-class laboratory are designed to build synergy and productivity between staff and visiting scents who study Panama’s flora and fauna to increase knowledge of global change and biodiversity. “This investment in Gamboa...
The Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund has announced its first beneficiary: Panama. The country will receive $1 million to conduct a three-year project at the Coiba Island National Marine Park, exploring the use of plant and animal species in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. Researchers will collect samples of plants, fungi and algae that have...
Firefighters are working to control a fire that broke out in the El Colmon landfill in the district of Maracas in Los Santos. According to area residents, the fire started at noon today, Wednesday, and is threatening a nearby protected forest and farmland, La Prensa reports. The El Colmon primary dry forest, set over...
Authorities declared an alert for the city of Colon and the surrounding areas due to the dangerous smoke emissions from the Monte Esperanza landfill. The smoke reportedly affected several sectors of Colon’s reverted area including Arco Iris and Margarita, and people continue to scavenge the landfill, which should have been closed on January 1,...
The Smithsonian Tropical Institute will open a new Summit Park Amphibian Rescue Center in Panama. The laboratory’s mission is to prevent the extinction of a number of species including the endangered golden frog, Panama’s national animal. Since 1980 more than 120 species of amphibians have gone extinct, under assault from the rapidly spreading chytridiomycosis fungal infection....
