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Parks, Reserves, and Other Protected Areas in

Panama


Panama

International Parks

  • La Amistad

National Parks

  • Altos de Campana
  • Camino de Cruces
  • Cerro Canajagua
  • Cerro Hoya o Los Tres Cerros
  • Chagres
  • Coiba
  • Darién
  • General de División Omar Torrijos Herrera
  • Portobelo
  • Santa Fe
  • Sarigua
  • Soberanía
  • Volcán Barú

Marine National Parks

  • Golfo de Chiriquí
  • Isla Bastimentos

Urban Parks

  • Parque Natural Metropolitano

Biological Reserves

  • Altos de Campana

Forest Reserves

  • Canclón
  • Cerro Camarón y Cerro Pedregoso
  • Cerro Canajagua
  • Chepigana
  • Finca Caraña
  • Fortuna
  • La Laguna de la Yeguada
  • La Tronosa
  • Montuoso
  • Tonosí

Recreational Nature Areas

  • El Salto de Las Palmas
  • Lago Gatún

Biological Corridors

  • La Serranía de Bagre

Wetlands

  • Lagunas de Volcán

Wetlands of International Importance

  • Golfo de Montijo
  • Punta Patiño
  • San San Pond Sak

Natural Monuments

  • Barro Colorado
  • Cerro Gaital
  • Los Pozos de Calobre

Protected Landscapes

  • Isla Galeta
  • San Lorenzo

Nature Sanctuaries

  • El Peñón de Los Pozos
  • Isla Cañas
  • Isla Iguana
  • La Ciénega de El Mangle
  • Pablo Arturo Barrios
  • Peñón de la Honda
  • Playa Boca Vieja
  • Playa de la Barqueta Agrícola
  • Taboga

Water and Hydrologic Reserves and Protection Areas

  • Reserva Hídrica Municipal Río Mimitimbi
  • Reserva Hidrológica Filo del Tallo
  • Reserva Hidrológica Isla Maje
  • Reserva Municipal Playa Bloof
  • Zona de Protección Hidrológica Tapagra

Other Protected Areas

  • Área de Uso Múltiple Ciénaga de Las Macanas
  • Área Protegida Cerrezuela
  • Área Protegida Zona Litoral del Corregimiento de El Espinal
  • Área Protegida Zona Litoral del Corregimiento de La Enea
  • Área Protegida y Reserva Natural Cerro Ancón
  • Área Silvestre Ubicada dentro de Comarca o Reserva Indígena Corregimiento de Narganá
  • Bosque Comunal El Colmón
  • Bosque Protector Alto Darién
  • Bosque Protector Palo Seco
  • Bosque Protector San Lorenzo
  • Reserva Animal y Fluvial Cerro Canajagua
  • Reserva de Producción de Agua Cerro Borrola
  • Reserva Hídrica, Forestal, Arqueológica, Turística y de Vida Silvestre Cerro Guacamaya
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Protected Areas in Panama
According to the bill which should regulate the Protected Areas System of Panama, the areas forming SINAP will be managed according to the following categories:

National Park
Not very altered terrestrial and/or aquatic area, rather vast, able to maintain important ecological processes. As a matter of fact, it is aimed at preserving the integrity of representative ecosystems and habitats of national and regional importance, as well as the biological diversity characterizing them. This area may include landscapes, animal or vegetal species, historical and cultural aspects of great spiritual, scientific, educational or recreational interest.

Nature Reserve
Terrestrial and/or marine area characterized by exceptional elements within geological or physiological ecosystems, mainly available for scientific research or environmental monitoring, protected or managed to preserve its natural condition.

Natural Monument
It is an area including one or more significant elements of national importance, like geological formations or specific natural and/or cultural qualities or great rarity and beauty.

Nature Sanctuary
Terrestrial and/or aquatic area subject to active management measures, in order to ensure the conservation or maintenance of ecosystems or habitats of particular importance in supporting flora and fauna communities and populations, resident or migratory, of national or international interest for their endemic nature, rarity, limits, endangered on a national or world level.

Water Resources Reserve
Terrestrial and aquatic area (i.e. freshwater, salt water, and/or lake water), aimed to protect water resources, to preserve and maintain water production in adequate quality and quantity, and to preserve ecosystems, habitats, and species linked to it.

Protected Landscape
Terrestrial or aquatic area where the interaction between man and nature has led to the presence of one or more significant elements of national importance, like geological formations or specific historical, ecological, and/or cultural qualities of great rarity or beauty.

Forest Reserve
Woodland for the production, supplying and conservation of wood resources; it guarantees the renewal capacity of the wood itself, through the sustainable management and use of forest resources.

Recreational Nature Areas
Not very wide terrestrial and/or aquatic area with natural, landscape, historical, and cultural values, housing a rich biological diversity and offering a series of opportunities in the fields of education, research, interpretation, recreation, and tourism.


Source: Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente, Anteproyecto de ley por el cual se regula el Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas