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GC Featured in NEWSWEEK: Saving the World's Rainforests Isn't Rocket Science. Here's How to Do It | Opinion
Steps taken by Panama in the past year include enacting a province-wide illegal logging moratorium in Darien to stop anarchic cutting and clearing of tropical rainforests until a new permitting system is deployed, while hiring, equipping, and training 240 new national park rangers with the trucks, boats, and equipment they need—with an additional 50 rangers on the way.
GC’s Partners in Darien, Panama Fight Against Gold Mining
The National Border Service of Panama (SENAFRONT), the Public Ministry, and the Ministry of Environment (MiAMBIENTE) dismantled an illegal mining network in the Mangle River, in Alto Tuira, within Darién National Park, near the border between Panama and Colombia.
GC Event—Secretary Wade Crowfoot of California and Minister Juan Carlos Navarro of Panama Detail Solutions on Protecting Our Planet
On May 14th, nearly one hundred philanthropists and environmentalists gathered at The Olympic Club in San Francisco to support Global Conservation and participate in a distinguished panel discussion featuring global leaders in park and wildlife protection, including ABC News’ Bob Woodruff, Martina Sasso, founder of Por El Mar, Secretary Wade Crowfoot of California, and Minister Juan Carlos Navarro of Panama.
Global Conservation and the Government of Panama Sign Historic Agreement for Enhanced National Park and Indigenous Territory Protection
Global Conservation (GC) has signed a multi-year agreement with the Ministry of Environment (MiaAmbiente) of Panama to strengthen conservation and stop illegal activities, such as logging and mining, within the country’s largest national parks.
GC Releases Fourth in the Series - War on Nature: Panama
Darien National Park is the largest protected area in Central America and the Caribbean. This biosphere reserve is considered the most important natural lung in the world after the Amazon rainforest. These forests provide habitat for the endangered brown-headed spider monkey, the endangered Baird’s tapir, harpy eagles, and many more.
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