Our successful community program within Soberania National Park
Walking/hiking tours and crocodile observation...
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ECOCROCS PANAMA OBC
ECOCROCS PANAMA OBC, is an all female, non-profit community-based organization, created to strengthen the conservation of the tropical ecosystems of the Panama Canal basin, through community activities of reforestation, cleaning, patrolling, training and promotion of sustainable tourism.
Our activities focus on the care and conservation of the crocodile and alligator species of Panama.
We offer interpretive Tours along the EL CHARCO ecological trail and the historical trails of CAMINO DE CRUCES AND LA MINA.
ECOCROCS PANAMA OBC was awarded the prize for Environmental Excellence in 2019. and was subsequently integrated into the park management and granted areas of the Soberania National Park to manage and maintain, under the 'shared management' scheme, working alongside the park authorities and the Ministry of the Environment.
COMMUNITY REFORESTATION PROGRAM IN SOBERANIA NP
In our reforestation and habitat restoration project we have carried out activities such as:
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Establishment of a nursery for native species.
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Reforestation of the buffer zone between the National Park and the highway.
With the support of the Communal Board of Chilibre and the community, the reforestation program is being developed in the Soberanía National Park.