Panama News » Darien News Panama » Darien » Finance: In Panama’s Darién, Indigenous communities test a new way to fund conservation
By María Paula Rubiano A. When Elsa Quiroz saw the spotted body of a jaguar appear on her son’s computer screen, she couldn’t believe her eyes. “I’d only seen them in books,” she said. In late 2025, a ...
News Panama » Darien » Finance: Panama and O.N.E Amazon Sign a Letter of Intent to Protect the Darién Region and Pioneer New Models of Conservation Finance
The agreement reaffirms both parties’ commitment to advancing cooperation in climate action, forest and biodiversity protection, environmental technology, and green-economy initiatives, aligned with ...
News Panama » Darien » Finance: Migrant Smugglers Threaten Panama’s Darién Conservation Plans
Panama has announced an initiative to combat environmental degradation in the Darién Gap, but entrenched criminal groups in the region will make these measures difficult to implement. Panama’s ...
News Panama » Darien » Finance: Fences, tech and trust help save jaguars in Panama’s Darién
If you liked this story, share it with other people. In Panama’s Darién province, jaguar predation on cattle is one of the top reasons for people killing the locally endangered felines, and a top ...
News Panama » Darien » Finance: Panama boosts protections in the Darién Gap, but deforestation threats still loom
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Panama is pouring new resources into protecting Darién, a remote province where the rugged, nearly impenetrable jungle provides cover for migrants, ...
News Panama » Darien » Finance: Panama’s Darién Gap sees increase in migrant crossings, data shows
Panamanian figures show at least 174,513 migrants crossed the treacherous Darién Gap, a mountainous rainforest region connecting South and Central America, from January to June 6 of this year. The ...
News Panama » Darien » Finance: Once a migratory highway, the Darien Gap has been left empty under Trump crackdown
A little more than a year ago, the small Panamanian river port of Lajas Blancas was filled with a crush of people trying to make their way to the United States. Now, the makeshift migrant camp has ...
News Panama » Darien » Finance: How migration transformed an Indigenous town in Panama’s Darien Gap
Bajo Chiquito, Panama – For many years, residents in the remote Indigenous community of Bajo Chiquito, Panama, lived a quiet life. No paved roads lead to the town. Only dirt paths and the Turquesa ...
News Panama » Darien » Finance: Panama installs barbed wire to block migrants traveling through the Darién Gap
Panama has placed barbed wire across several routes in the Darién Gap, the country’s Ministry of Public Security said in a statement Thursday, in a bid to block migrants making their way north. At ...