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Sustainability and resilience in the Eastern Tropical Pacific: What will it take?

March 09, 2023

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.

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Panama protects over 54% of its oceans with the expansion of Banco Volcán

March 02, 2023

This action will help the country mitigate climate change, protect Panama's deep-sea marine-mountain environments, and safeguard wildlife from human intervention.

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Education for Sustainable Development: more of the same or the same but different?

February 28, 2023

What role do civil society institutions play in achieving SDG 4?

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Bacurú Drõa: How well do Emberá indigenous communities conserve old growth forests in Darien, Panamá?

February 15, 2023

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.

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Purpose and Chance in the Making of an Academic Career (Or, at least, in my academic career)

February 07, 2023

Personal happiness, that is success, don't measure it in terms of accumulation of goods, measure it in accumulation of satisfaction.

The Matador Bug’s flag-waving mystery deepens

February 02, 2023

Why do matador bugs wave bright flags on their hind legs? The usual explanation for showoffs in nature is sexual selection, but that’s not it.

Alejandro Arze, STRI Director of Protection and Security, Retires

January 31, 2023

It takes a very special personality to ensure people’s safety, especially when they work in tropical jungles and reefs at sites that span the Republic of Panamá.

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STRI special events, December 2022

December 29, 2022

In the face of catastrophe, Conferences of Parties strategize (COP27, COP15, CITES), Farewell Mireya Correa and Tony Coates, Kudos to Jaramillo and Spears labs, charting the future of microbiology research, Sanjur in the public eye and more outreach news.

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Smithsonian Science Drives Establishment of New Important Marine Mammal Area in Ecuador

December 22, 2022

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task force invites groups of marine biologists to propose Important Marine Mammal Areas. The new IMMA along the Ecuadorian coast proposed by STRI’s Hector Guzman and colleagues will lead to a cascade of scientific activities designed to protect not only marine mammals, but their entire habitat.

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Anthony G. Coates, Senior Scientist Emeritus (1936-2022)

December 15, 2022

Geologist Tony Coates changed the way we think about the ground under our feet. He confirmed the date when North and South America were connected at about 3 million years ago. We remember Tony not only as a skilled field geologist, but as a kind person and storyteller, who captured the imagination of scientists and non-scientists alike with his ability to spin a tale.

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