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INBO Newsletter n° 21 - April 2013
Latin America
Panama
Canal Basin and education on sustainability
The education of children and youth is
the best guarantee for a sustainable
future. The Panama Canal allowed
263 teachers and 5,593 students from
110 schools of the basin to participate
in environmental education days.
On the other hand, the
”Basin Guar-
dians”
Program has addressed
106 school centers, 10,000 students,
1,200 teachers and 47 representatives
of local committees. In addition, four
regional meetings of student leaders
were held in which 200 students and
20 teachers participated.
All these activities are training on
conservation values and promoting a
culture of sustainability: the school
being a center of knowledge sharing,
generating endogenous dynamics in
the Community to which it belongs.
An Adult Education Program is imple-
mented by the Panama Canal Authority,
the Ministry of Education (MEDUCA)
and the Training Institute for Human
Development (INADEH).
The Environmental Conservation and
Training for Work Program is carried
out in strategic collaboration with the
National Institute for Human Develop-
ment and the Ministry of Education .
It facilitates the insertion of the basin
population into the national labor mar-
ket and develops modules of good
environmental practices and commu-
nity awareness.
It takes place in more than 60 educatio-
nal and community centers.
For six years, more than 4,721 young
people have benefited from it, inclu-
ding 72% of women.
Oscar Vallarino B.
Panama Canal Authority
Fax: (507) 2762375
Sustainable economy
and green development
Since its construction, the Panama all
water route has contributed to lower
fuel use per unit of load carried by
ships that use it, thereby reducing CO2
emissions from the global shipping
industry. Expanding the Panama Canal
will help to reduce more than 160 mil-
lion additional tons of CO2 during its
first 10 years of operation between
2015 and 2025.
The Third Locks Project
will allow
carrying larger loads using fewer ships,
thus reducing fuel consumption and
preventing emissions of carbon dioxide
(CO2).
The goal is also to carry out compensa-
tion activities to balance the emissions
of greenhouse gases linked to the func-
tioning of the Canal through the imple-
mentation of reforestation and rehabili-
tation of degraded areas that generate
carbon credits, combined with the
actions taken to improve the quality of
life of communities.
We hope to manage and sell emission
reduction certificates (carbon credits)
on the secondary market, which would
provide additional resources to repli-
cate the model in other areas of the
basin.
More than 5% of the world’s maritime
trade will pass through the new all water
route.
Oscar Vallarino B.
Panama Canal Authority
Fax: (507) 2762375
Economic and Environmental
Incentives Program
The Economic and Environmental
Incentives Program (PIEA)
will
allow recovering and preserving
20,000 ha in the Panama Canal Basin
over a period of five years, by promo-
ting good and sustainable production
practices.
For example, more than 600 farmers
have already benefited from this pro-
gram, increasing their production yield
by planning their animal husbandry
and agricultural activities.
During three years, the ”PIEA” has
benefited 2,180 people in 50 commu-
nities.
The program also provides the benefi-
ciaries with titles to property and
creates the conditions for legal owner-
ship of the land, which improve the
well-being of the residents in the area:
1,490 property titles have been issued
to date.
Oscar Vallarino B.
Panama Canal Authority
The Panama Canal
