On June 17 by the Panama Association of Reforestation and the Panama Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture announced a plan that would bring back nearly 2.5 million acres of rainforest over the next 20 years. The Panamanian initiative has 3 main goals: bolster development of Panama’s forestry sector, to make the goals outlined in Panama’s National Forestry Plan become realized, and to help Panama reach it’s goals of cutting green house gas emissions over the next few decades. | Read more about Panama’s reforestation efforts on Triple Pundit
Reforestation plan in Panama could cut 7 million tons of CO2 emissions annually
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