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Hotter tropics may worsen climate change, reforestation could lessen it: Studies

Taran Volckhausen 2 Oct 2020

Birthday party on ship may have led to oil spill in Mauritius, Panama regulator says

Mongabay.com 16 Sep 2020
Odielca Solis has built a silvopasture system at her farm in Panama, which provides shade and forage to her cattle and fruit for her family. Image by Erin Banks Rusby for Mongabay.

Silvopasturing improves ranches and the environment in Panama

Erin Banks Rusby 29 Apr 2020

The sounds of tropical katydids and how they can benefit conservation

Mike Gaworecki 22 Jan 2020

Central American countries pledge to protect Mesoamerica’s ‘5 Great Forests’

Mongabay.com 18 Dec 2019
A Wounaan bird-watching group from the community of Puerto Lara during a hike in the local forest. Image by Alexander Arosemena for Mongabay.

Panamanian indigenous people act to protect the forest from invading loggers

Guido Bilbao 2 Apr 2019

Latam Eco Review: Pirate fishers in the Caribbean and many new reserves created

Mongabay.com 19 Jan 2019

Copper mine destroying forests in Panama’s Mesoamerican Biological Corridor

José Arcia 24 Dec 2018

Relative of ‘penis snake’ amphibian named after Donald Trump

Mongabay.com 18 Dec 2018

Latam Eco Review: Whale attacks, palm oil woes, and hope for vaquitas

Mongabay.com 7 Dec 2018
Handroanthus guayacan tree in full bloom.

Tropical trees grow most easily where they are rare

Tom Garlinghouse 3 Dec 2018

Panama, Namibia plan to reveal fishing fleet data via online map

Basten Gokkon 19 Nov 2018

Frogs coping with fatal fungus in Panamanian forest, study finds

Mongabay.com 5 Oct 2018

New species of blood-red coral found off Panama coast

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2018
Seedlings in Brazil. Photo courtesy Guilherme Rodrigues.

Study sheds light on how seeds survive in tropical soils

Ignacio Amigo 5 Sep 2018

Tropical forest canopies get hotter than expected, putting wildlife at risk

Morgan Erickson-Davis 3 Aug 2018
A young Embera woman from Bajo Lepe. Image courtesy of the Rainforest Foundation.

Panama’s indigenous groups take land fight to the international stage

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 1 Aug 2018

Researcher names spectacular new frog after his granddaughter

Mongabay.com 31 Jul 2018

Whale of a tale: Protecting Panama’s humpbacks from ship collisions

Andrew J. Wight 8 Feb 2018

Two new dog-faced bats discovered in Panama and Ecuador

Mongabay.com 31 Jan 2018
Manolo Miranda, an indigenous leader recently acquitted of charges in a suit brought by the Barro Blanco dam's construction company, at a protest over the dam in August, 2016. Photo by Camilo Mejia Geraldo for Mongabay.

Indigenous group scores legal victory as dam floods their lands

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 12 Oct 2017

Suspect Beef: Central America

Mongabay.com 19 Jul 2017

Panama: the ranching industry has moved into Darién National Park

José Arcia 26 Jun 2017

New study provides a blueprint for engaging indigenous peoples in REDD+ forest monitoring

Mike Gaworecki 28 Mar 2017

Panama’s Barro Blanco dam to begin operation, indigenous pleas refused

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 24 Mar 2017

Tropical birds may not fare so well in a warming world

Mike Gaworecki 3 Jan 2017

Barro Blanco dam in limbo after Ngäbe-Bugle Congress rejects agreement

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 14 Oct 2016

Rabbs’ fringe-limbed tree frog now presumed to be extinct

Mike Gaworecki 7 Oct 2016
Residents of Kiad in Panama’s indigenous Ngäbe-Buglé semi-autonomous region retur home after shopping in the nearby town of Tolé. Photo by Camilo Mejia Giraldo

Program targets food security concerns among Panama’s indigenous women

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 3 Oct 2016
Goejet Miranda crosses the part of the Tabasará River still flowing near his community of Kiad. Photo by Camilo Mejia Giraldo

PHOTOS: Panama begins “test-flooding” dam over indigenous protests

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 15 Sep 2016
Ricardo Miranda, one of the protest leaders and member of the M10 movement representing Ngäbe communities affected by the dam. Photo by Camilo Mejia Giraldo

PHOTOS: Panama revives stalled dam over strong indigenous opposition

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 25 Aug 2016

Video: Baby frogs escape from snake in seconds

Shreya Dasgupta 20 Jun 2016

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