Generous nature
Weighing costs and benefits of motivating landowners to reforest the Panama Canal Watershed
January 18, 2019
How far should we go when paying for natural services? Economic sciences can help us calculate the exact amount
How far should we go when paying for natural services? Economic sciences can help us calculate the exact amount
Through the long-term study of different landscapes in the Panama Canal Watershed, and the environmental services they offer, the Agua Salud project aims to use its data to improve human welfare and ensure a more sustainable future throughout the tropics
The back and forth relationship between insects and their food plants may drive tropical biodiversity evolution according to work on Barro Colorado Island’s 50 hectare plot.
Why did some bee species become social, while the majority have remained solitary? On Barro Colorado Island, a bee that adopts both strategies interchangeably, may unlock the evolutionary origins of sociality in insects
Little is known about the early flora of the isthmus. The first Panamanian paleobotanist aims to change this
Through a participatory forest-carbon monitoring project, scientists and indigenous technicians found that, even in disturbed areas, Darien forests maintained the same tree species richness and a disproportionately high capacity to sequester carbon
In Bocas del Toro’s Caribbean waters in Panama, a STRI postdoctoral fellow asks how marine life responds to low oxygen levels and higher temperatures in the ocean
Encrusting organisms may be disliked by most people, but they’re helping explore marine conservation and biodiversity concerns
How do microorganisms influence seed survival in the forest?
A scientific mission in the Panamanian jungle found some of the largest trees in the country