Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
March 2023
During the Our Ocean Conference 2023 held in Panama City on March 2nd and 3rd, Panama’s President Laurentino Cortizo and Minister of Environment Milciades Concepción signed an Executive Decree that gives the marine protected area (MPA) of Banco Volcán, in the Panamanian Caribbean, 36,058 square miles of protection. As a result of this expansion, which was supported by marine science data from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and other local and international collaborators, Panama now protects more than half of its oceans.
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