Panama has addressed habitat fragmentation and other biodiversity threats by increasing its Protected Area conservation efforts to provide environmental benefits and sustainable
The objective of the project is to preserve the globally-significant biodiversity of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor (MBC), a multinational effort to connect natural habitats from Mexico through Central America to Colombia.
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a US$9.59 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), aimed at preserving biodiversity in about 554,000 hectares of the Atlantic and central-eastern regions of Panama. The GEF grant will