Marine protection
Panama expands the limits of the Coiba Cordillera protected area
Junio 09, 2021
With this science-based initiative, 30% of the panamanian marine surface will be under some degree of protection
With this science-based initiative, 30% of the panamanian marine surface will be under some degree of protection
What makes a successful invasion? What keeps invaders out? Are some geographic locations more vulnerable to invasion than others?
Sharks’ bodies are covered with tiny, tooth-like scales called denticles. Shed denticles settle to the ocean floor, where they remain in sediments for years and can be used to understand which sharks lived on a reef in the past.
An entrepreneur who dreamed of becoming an oceanographer teams up with STRI researchers and young Latin American biologists to find out if some coral reefs are more resilient than others. His yacht will be the center of operations as they deploy high tech sensor arrays at sites around the tropical eastern Pacific.
Most coral species fared better in the shaded environment offered by the mangrove canopy
Picture this: What to do at a party when you try to carry on a conversation, but the music is too loud? A Panamanian doctoral student is trying to figure out how dolphins communicate underwater during heavy boat traffic in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago.
For the last several decades, amphibians have experienced population declines and extinctions due to their own pandemic caused by a chytrid fungus. Creating amphibian arks is critical for the survival of the most-affected species. Jorge Guerrel, project manager of the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation project, will give us a closer look at Panama’s pioneering efforts to conserve native frogs.
The guide aims to be a clarifying, science-based framework guiding the global community in the establishment of Marine Protected Areas
Over the last 50 years, since 1972, Panama has lost almost 50% of its mangroves primarily due to urban expansion and the conversion of mangroves into agricultural land.
Genetic population connectivity study of the endangered whale shark in Pacific Panama provides important data for conservation efforts.