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An environmental heads up for Panama, where forests are being devastated at an ever increasing rate has come from what seems an unlikely source - the World Bank.

Environmentalists have been joined by cattle farmers in the fight against logging in Panama which in 11 years has devastated an area almost the size of Hererra province.

In the first eleven years of this century an average of 13,000 thousand hectares of forest have been devastated in Panama Panama.

The expanse of red colored slime sitting on top of the waters around Paanama’s Paitilla and Punta Pacifica  neighborhoods is  back.

A large red slick  moved into the Bay of Panama near Punta Paitilla on  the morning of Monday, April 23, says La Estrella, which carried a supporting photo.

By: Michael E. Mann

As a climate scientist, I have seen my integrity perniciously attacked, politicians have demanded I be fired from my job, and I’ve been subject to congressional and criminal investigations.

Panama’s Environmental Authority (ANAM) has been asked to suspend logging permits to prevent the looting of  the country's natural resources.

Rising oceans  and climate change are threatening low lying areas worldwide andplaces like San Blas. and Panama locations close to the sea could be looking at some of the new, and not so new ideas coming to light.

 Brazil, Nicaragua and Panama are the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean doing best in environmental investment says a report released on Saturday. March 17.

Panama commentators advocating the conversion of crops into biofuels to combating rising fuel prices, might want to read a report published by the UN.