Panama
Panama’s indigenous groups take land fight to the international stage
1 August 2018
Indigenous communities occupying four territories in eastern Panama are taking their nearly five-year land-titling battle with the government to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington, D.C. Their move comes despite recent gains in the Panamanian process. Embera communities near…
Panama's tribes launch drones to fight deforestation
Author: Anastasia Moloney | @anastasiabogota Date: June 2nd, 2016 Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation Indigenous people in Panama are using drones as a new weapon to monitor deforestation on their lands as thousands of hectares disappear every year in one of the world's most biodiverse rainforests,…
U.S., Australia, Canada indigenous land rights laws lag Africa, Latam: mapping study
By: Paola Totaro Date: August 9th 2016 Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation The seven lowest scoring nations across all 10 indicators were in the Middle East including Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen LONDON, Aug 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Wealthier countries including…
Panama
projects
Protection of carbon pool and sinks within wetlands and protected areas of Panama
Value: $3,373,000.00
Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Regional sustainable Development (Proyecto de Ordenamiento Territorial y Desarrollo Sostenible en Centroamerica)
Value: $4,200,000.00
Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Spatial Planning and sustainable Developement in Central America
Value: $4,380,000.00
Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Agrobiodiversity Program Central America
Value: $1,230,000.00
Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Capacity development programme on the VGGT applied for and with Indigenous Peoples
Value: $106,000.00
Donors: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Sustainable Rural Development Project for the Ngobe-Bugle Territory and Adjoining Districts
Value: $900,000.00
Donors: International Fund for Agricultural Development
Land rights in the time of COVID-19: An avenue for protection and security
30 September 2020
The ability of the Embera villages in Panama to shut off the road into their community, and to exclude outsiders, is based in large measure on the government’s official recognition of their indigenous collective land rights.
