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- Website: Panama Restoration Lab
- Contact: Ana Calderon
- Email: panama@ecorestorationalliance.org
- Telephone: +50764901250
Focus:
The Panama Restoration Lab is a regional hub for nature-based solutions, restoring the Panama Canal watershed through science, innovation, and community engagement, aiming to enhance resilience and scale ecological restoration globally.
Bioregion Description:
The Panama Restoration Lab is located within the Panama Canal Watershed, a vital bioregion bridging North and South America. This tropical rain-forest ecosystem supports biodiversity, water security, and climate resilience while sustaining the canal’s operations. Encompassing rivers, wetlands, and forests, it plays a crucial role in regulating freshwater flow, carbon storage, and regional weather patterns. However, pressures from deforestation, land degradation, and climate change threaten its ecological balance. Through science-driven restoration and community-led conservation, the lab works to regenerate landscapes, restore hydrological functions, and safeguard the watershed’s long-term sustainability.