GC News and Progress
GC Initiates Training to Improve Darién Protected Area Protection, Surveillance, and Law Enforcement
As part of ongoing efforts to strengthen institutional capacities for the protection and conservation of Panama's protected areas, GC, in coordination with the Ministry of Environment, conducted a training program for park rangers and officers of the National Border Service (SENAFRONT) to protect Darién.
Panama Strengthens the Protection of Darién’s Protected Areas Through Joint Training for Park Rangers and SEMAFRONT
Global Conservation is leading a training initiative at the Punta Patiño Wetland of International Importance, bringing together 30 park rangers and 10 National Border Service personnel to strengthen protection, surveillance, and enforcement of environmental regulations.
GC Partners with ABC News to Release ‘LAST LANDS 2’—Now Streaming on Youtube, HULU, and Disney+
The Multiple Emmy®-Nominated Series, Hosted by Bob Woodruff and in partnership with Global Conservation, Explores Preservation Efforts in Guatemala’s El Mirador and Panama’s Coiba National Park
2024-2025 Year in Review: Coiba National Park
Coiba National Park, off the southwest coast of Panama, protects Coiba Island, 38 smaller islands, and the surrounding marine areas in the Gulf of Chiriqui. They are all part of the UNESCO World Heritage Coiba National Park and Special Zone of Marine Protection.
Recent Wins in Panama Stop Poaching Efforts
Between June and July, the Naso Kjunkler park ranger group, in coordination with the Ministry of Environment rangers stationed in the Bonyic sector of the Naso Comarca, carried out a series of protection and control operations.
GC in the News: Darien National Park Rangers are Training to Deal with Poaching Threats
For one week, park rangers will receive training in active patrolling, inter-institutional coordination, and use of the Earth Ranger platform.
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.
Watch the Premiere of War on Nature: NASO KINGDOM | Episode 6
The Naso people are battling against illegal squatters, agricultural expansion, and recurring invasions by cattle ranchers, which threaten both their cultural heritage and the region's fragile ecosystems. In response, Global Conservation has partnered with the Naso authorities to implement Global Park Defense. Over the last 18 months, 60 Naso Community Ecoguards, supported by Panama law enforcement, have patrolled thousands of kilometers to map threats, dismantle illegal settlements, and protect the integrity of the Naso Comarca.
The 2023-2024 Progress Report for Naso Indigenous Territories Protection
With the support of the Foundation for Sustainable Conservation (FUNCOS), Global Conservation has put in place, for the first time, real community protection for these two large newly-designated Indigenous Territories—called Comarcas in Panama and Communal Reserves in Peru.
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.
Global Conservation makes $2 million commitment to deploy Marine Protection systems for developing countries
Our Oceans 2023 announcement to deploy Marine Protection systems – Global Park Defense – for endangered MPAs in developing countries.
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