Currently, Panama has approx – 420,000 indigenous – who live in protected areas.
These areas are approximately 30% of the total territory of Panama, where 12% of the population have their own rules, principles and values.
Here is a video about the construction site of Barro Blanco, a hydroelectric dam in the Chiriqui Province of Panama. The dam has been the subject of significant controversy for years, as the construction project threatens the local population of the Ngäbe-Buglé, an indigenous tribe of Panama. According the Ngäbe, the dam will displace thousands of local inhabitants and impacts thousands more who rely on the river for potable water and fishing.
There is a “conflict” in process – a conflict of basic human needs in Panama.
SHELTER - WATER – FOOD – ENERGY and SECURITY are areas in which Panama must improve and develop to become the supposed “dragon” of the Americas.
The Price of modernization in Panama is the continuous threat towards biodiversity.
A possible “threat” in the future may be the population growth of the indigenous – permaculture and bio-technology must be taught to grow organic food - as it is a must if they wish to conserve their protected areas in a sustainable manner considering how fast they are growing.
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