Tech & Science
In Panama’s Darién, Indigenous communities test a new way to fund conservation
Indigenous Wounaan and Emberá-Wounaan villages in eastern Panama are cataloging local biodiversity to enter the voluntary biodiversity credits market.
Panama's Rise as Latin America's Fintech Crossroads
Panama is increasingly becoming a core hub for digital payments, cross-border remittances, and neobanks across Latin America.
Panama’s Fintech Boom: Why the Country Is Becoming Latin America’s Digital Payments Crossroads
Panama is emerging as a critical digital payments hub, powered by fast payment systems and modern crypto-based remittance corridors.
The Fintech Landscape of Central America: Panama in 2026
Panama leverages its international banking and logistics strengths to cultivate cross-border fintech, merchant solutions, and digital finance.
A 2026 Reforestation Program to Restore Degraded Land has been Launched in Panama
Panama's Ministry of Environment has inaugurated a nationwide restoration campaign to recover degraded acreage using native plant species.
Building Panama’s innovation economy through AI and science
The Atlantic Council and SENACYT examine Panama's national innovation agenda centered on artificial intelligence and science-driven growth.
Recovery of the Panama Canal
Supply chain data demonstrates that Panama Canal container vessel traffic has recovered and surpassed pre-drought volumes.
Drying of the Panama Canal in a Warming Climate
A peer-reviewed scientific study evaluates the impact of climate change on Gatún Lake water levels and future transit risks.
7 Fintech Companies from Panama to Know
Panama's burgeoning fintech ecosystem is spotlighted through innovative domestic startups driving e-commerce, digital payments, and lending.
‘In 10 years we may cease to exist’: rising seas and influx of tourists threaten to engulf Panama island
Indigenous Guna communities in Panama face dual pressures from rising sea levels and growing tourist numbers, raising concerns about cultural survival
Threatened by climate change, Panama Canal has big plans to deal with drought
The Panama Canal Authority is preparing infrastructure projects, including a major reservoir, to secure freshwater supplies amid recurring climate-ind
Climate change: The Panama community that fled its drowning island
An indigenous Guna community in Panama's autonomous Guna Yala comarca relocates to the mainland due to rising sea levels threatening their island home
Microsoft backs tree-planting carbon removal scheme in Panama
Microsoft is supporting a large-scale afforestation and carbon removal initiative in Panama to advance nature-based climate solutions.
Low water levels in Panama Canal due to increasing demand exacerbated by El Niño event
Low rainfall throughout Panama's 2023 rainy season depleted Lake Gatun to critical levels, driven primarily by the El Niño phenomenon and rising water
Drought behind Panama Canal’s 2023 shipping disruption ‘unlikely’ without El Niño
Scientific findings indicate that the severe 2023 drought disrupting Panama Canal traffic would have been highly unlikely without the influence of El
'Slow-motion disaster': Panama's Indigenous leave home as sea levels rise
Indigenous Guna families on Panama's island of Gardi Sugdub are preparing to leave their sinking ancestral homeland for newly built settlements on the
Tagging Expedition Leads to Grand Slam at Tropic Star Lodge
A scientific billfish tagging expedition off Panama culminated in an extraordinary angling Grand Slam.
A remote Panama island is home to incredible biodiversity and innovative research
Utah Public Radio explores Barro Colorado Island in Panama, where scientists study seed ecology and extraordinary plant chemical diversity.
Guna Yala islanders in a moral tug of war over tourism, climate change
Guna islanders in Panama balance the economic lifeline of tourism against the escalating risks posed by climate change and sea-level rise.
Panama's Crypto Law: No Legal Tender, but Digital Assets Exempt From Capital Gains Tax
Panama's legislature approved a crypto regulatory bill that allows digital asset payments and treats them as foreign-source income exempt from capital
Panama sees future in ecotourism
Panama transforms former military facilities along the Canal Zone into world-renowned rainforest birdwatching lodges.
Panama canal drives forest conservation, offers insight on value of ecosystems
Canal authorities increasingly prioritize forest conservation across the watershed as an indispensable strategy to ensure consistent water supplies.