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INDIGENOUS groups in Panama called on the Pope to intervene at the weekend to protect them from “systematic and violent ...
Isidrio Hernandez-Ruiz has a soft spot for the bright yellow flowers of the guayacan trumpet tree (Tabebuia guayacan), a ...
In fact, Panama is one of only three countries in the world to hold a carbon negative status. And it also happens to be home to seven Indigenous Peoples (Naso, Ngäbe, Buglé, Guna, Bri Bri ...
Barefoot indigenous people in colourful traditional costumes ... The setting is Parará Purú, a settlement of the Emberá people, located in Panama's interior in the Chagres National Park above ...
Forests on Indigenous lands in Panama have remained remarkably stable over the past two decades—more so than in protected ...
Residents tell of anger over government's plans to flood villages to build reservoir to increase water for the canal ...
He is one of an estimated 2,500 people in Panama's Ngäbe-Buglé Indigenous territory thought to be living with HIV, which has been described by lead epidemiology researchers as an "uncontrolled ...
“Many Indigenous communities integrate farming, spirituality and conservation in how they use the land,” Alejo explained. “Our findings show that this diverse set of values aligns with areas where ...
As of March 31, 2025, the World Bank's portfolio in Panama comprises 8 projects totaling $732.62 million. These operations include three investment projects aimed at supporting indigenous peoples' ...
A community of indigenous people from Panama received houses from the government on Wednesday where they will live on the mainland, leaving behind, with both nostalgia and hope, their small island in ...
Rising sea levels due to climate change have forced an Indigenous Guna community to leave their homes on an island off Panama's coast that is fast disappearing. Some 300 families - 1,351 people ...