(inhabitat.com) The hotel’s incredible living wall is stocked full of lush native plants—983 different species to be exact. The wall, which was installed by Aqua Terra, is irrigated by recycled rainwater that is collected from the skylights which flood natural light into the atrium. Visitors can enjoy the living wall from the lobby, or some lucky guests can get up close and … [Read more...]
Panama is first to benefit from Nagoya Protocol
(Environmental Expert) The Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund (NPIF) — has announced its first beneficiary: a project exploring Panama's natural resources for use in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. The Nagoya Protocol was agreed in October 2010 by 193 countries to tackle biopiracy and share the benefits of research into natural resources in an equitable … [Read more...]
Panama Canal expansion will help to reduce maritime industry carbon footprint
(Physorg.com) Expanded sections of the Panama Canal are due to open in 2014 following an eight-year programme to widen and deepen the waterway in order to increase capacity for liner shipping. This will remove the breadth restriction of 32.2m (known as 'panamax' in the shipping industry) that has constrained ships using the canal since it opened in 1914. The main reason … [Read more...]
Panama Pig Farm Stirs Concerns About River Pollution
(OneWater.org) The value of clean fresh water is priceless. Life depends on it. In the farm village of Cerro Cama, an hour west of Panama City, people have learned that an accident can deprive them of that water supply in an instant. Cerro , La Chorerra from KnightCenter on Vimeo. Blue Ribbon Products is a commercial pig farm. About a month after it opened in Cerro … [Read more...]
Panama is more than just its famous canal
(The Independent) We are watching a determined hunchbacked man limping down a busy street in Panama City in broad daylight when he stops in the doorway of a rundown shop, and openly buys cocaine from a huge guy. Both of them are clearly unaware they have an audience. This vivid vignette is just one of dozens being relayed on to monitors, via a new citywide CCTV network, … [Read more...]