100 Years of Tropical Biology at the Smithsonian’s Barro Colorado Island Research Station in Panama
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute will celebrate 100 years of tropical forest research at Barro Colorado Island Field Station in Panama with exhibits and events.
Panama Bay Hydromedusae: small, elegant, and misunderstood
We hope to identify the different species of hydromedusae and their relationship with seasonal upwelling in the coastal waters of the Bay of Panama.
STRI special events, March 2023
Guide training at Punta Culebra, Bahia Almirante Symposium, Crassulacean Acid Metabolism workshop, A Call for Ambition and more.
The S/Y Eugen Siebold arrives in Panama
A new collaboration between STRI and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry will make a research vessel available to researchers, educators and marine policy makers working in the Tropical Eastern Pacific.
Commitments, partnerships, and hope: The Smithsonian at the Our Ocean Conference in Panama
The 8th Our Ocean Conference concluded with 341 commitments worth nearly $20 billion, including the expansion of Banco Volcán Managed Resources Area in the Panamanian Caribbean that led Panama to protect over 54% of its oceans.
Ana K. Spalding Named Founding Director of the Adrienne Arsht Community-Based Resilience Solutions Initiative
As the first marine- and coastal- policy expert to join STRI’s marine staff scientists, Panamanian Ana K. Spalding will work with coastal communities to understand what knowledge is needed to foster wellbeing for both oceans and people.
Sustainability and resilience in the Eastern Tropical Pacific: What will it take?
At the 2023 Our Ocean Conference in Panama (Mar. 2-3), STRI and partners welcomed John Kerry, United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and representatives of civil society, philanthropy and science sectors to celebrate a regional initiative to protect the Tropical Eastern Pacific.
Panama protects over 54% of its oceans with the expansion of Banco Volcán
This action will help the country mitigate climate change, protect Panama's deep-sea marine-mountain environments, and safeguard wildlife from human intervention.
Education for Sustainable Development: more of the same or the same but different?
What role do civil society institutions play in achieving SDG 4?
Bacurú Drõa: How well do Emberá indigenous communitiesconserve old growth forests in Darien, Panamá?
Existing conservation policies rarely reward local people who care for old-growth forests. In this study, Indigenous Emberá residents worked with scientists to show how, through their sustainable lifestyle in communities established during the 1960’s-1980’s in one of Central America’s most pristine, old-growth forests, they act as custodians, conserving this, shared space.
