Project Summary
Countries: Panama
Delivery Partner: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Project Partners: Cornell University; Asociación Centro de Estudios y Acción Social Panameño (CEASPA)
Principle Investigator: Jefferson Hall, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Project Description
The project’s focus is on a social-ecological system with participative and linked social and biophysical research and training leading to an innovative, Indigenous forest restoration initiative. Social justice and equity principles will drive payments for ecosystem services to protect biodiversity, mitigate climate change, and improve the lives of people who rejected an extractive industry. Contextualised results from complex local to national governance provide vital information for regional scaling.
Photograph (detail): Fran Hogan
