Residents of the Punta Chame district in Chame have taken to social media to report the illegal extraction of sand in their area, and the Ministry of the Environment ordered a stop to the activity.
1800 red mangroves were planted in the reforestation of a one-hectare area of land in the district of Chame Panama, as part of an effort to reforest and conserve Panama’s mangrove ecosystem.
Communities near Donoso Colón are concerned about health risks as a broken Minera Panama pipeline leaves the Chicheme stream and the Pifá river gray.