(San Diego Reader) Today, wedged between the old and the new, the natural and the modern, Panama is a country of both paradox and transition. With a biodiversity exceeding its more famous neighbor to the northwest – Costa Rica – and a natural landscape that varies from emerald rainforest to clouded mountains to marsh and bio-coastal oceans, the Panama experience is unique. … [Read more...]
30 bird species migrate to Panama every year
(Prensa.com) An estimated 30 species of shorebirds pass through the Bay of Panama every year during the migratory season. This, according to Director of the International Migratory Bird Society, Rosabel Miró. According to recent scientific studies on this phenomenon, some two million birds of different species form part of the migratory process in Panama, as they travel … [Read more...]
Panama’s Farm Cooperatives attracting global attention
(Newsroom Panama) Alongside Panama’s official tools of tourism promotion, trade fairs and costly advertising campaigns, a hidden and unsung program is helping thousands of farm workers and their families, and bringing tourists. The program is helping to feed and educate kids like these In Panama’s poorest rural communities over 320 “farm cooperatives” are providing … [Read more...]
Panama to encourage use of cleaner energy
(Prensa.com) Energy ministers from Latin America, during a meeting in Panama on Friday, admitted that clean energy is essential for the sustainable development of countries in the region. During the hemispheric gathering of the Energy and Climate Alliance for the Americas, which culminated in Panama City after two days of meetings, participating countries pledged to … [Read more...]
Sharks return to marine reserve at Coiba National Park
(Prensa.com) The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute announced yesterday, Thursday, that in the Coiba National Park (CNP), which includes the islands of Coiba and Ranchería or Coibita among others, whale sharks and white tip sharks have been spotted. Marine biologist Héctor Guzmán, who studies the migration of hammerhead sharks, whale sharks, and white tip sharks in … [Read more...]