Panama News » Guna Yala News Panama » Guna Yala » Life: Threatened by rising seas, the first of Panama’s Indigenous islanders are forced to leave
Gardi Sugdub, Panama — On the densely packed island of Gardi Sugdub, off the coast of mainland Panama, colorful houses and wooden huts cover nearly the entire landscape almost up to the water’s edge.
News Panama » Guna Yala » Life: 'Life goes on'—Panama islanders relocated as sea level rises
Alberto Lopez prepares breakfast with water lapping at his ankles. The day began with rain, and his ramshackle home on the Panamanian island of Carti Sugtupu was flooded, not for the first time. Lopez ...
News Panama » Guna Yala » Life: Panama’s Indigenous Families Relocate Amid Rising Sea Levels
Panama’s government faces mounting pressure to relocate more Indigenous Guna families from low-lying Caribbean islands as sea levels continue to rise, building on the 2024 move of over 1,200 residents ...
News Panama » Guna Yala » Life: Panama Completes First Climate-Related Relocation
Today, the Guna Indigenous people living on the tiny, overcrowded, and flood-prone island of Gardi Sugdub in Panama will finally be given keys to their long-awaited new homes on the mainland.
News Panama » Guna Yala » Life: Climate change is pushing an Indigenous community in Panama off their island home
On a tiny island off the coast of Panama, about 1,200 Indigenous locals known as the Guna people are waiting to leave. The island, which is called Carti Sugtupu, is over the size of four football ...
News Panama » Guna Yala » Life: Explore the indigenous Guna kingdom of Panama with local guides and return to the Scottish Darien scheme site
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