2025

ENVR 451 - Research in Panama: 2025

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Student Reports:

Opportunity costs of sugarcane production and cattle ranching in the middle and lower basin of the Santa María watershed

Justine Hervieu, Gaelle Ondrusek, Irene Amaya Tovar

Coffee Cascades: Leveraging local production toward an inclusive development program

Chloe Giloppe, Salvador Babinet

Deconstructing the Mosaic of Law and Governance in the Santa María Watershed: An Analysis of Perspectives and Preoccupations in the Lower Basin

Hugo D. M. Steiner, Maya C. Maccorquodale

Geospatial Data Collection and Analysis of Panama’s Santa María Watershed Using GIS

Paulina Curtin, Tania Suciu

La histórica intervention humana en la Cuenca del Río Santa María

Ana Ureña, Simón Johnson

Fragmented Waters—An Analysis of Hydrological Dynamics, Regulations, and Governance in the Lower Santa María and the El Cenegón del Mangle Wetland

Saskia Morgan, Isabel Kirby, Cameron Davies, Shiwen Zhou, Yarkelys Calderón

Amphibian & Reptile Biodiversity in Agroforestry and Forest Ecosystems: A Study of the Upper Santa María Watershed 

Joe Zouein, Louka Blais-Lambert

Assessing the Opportunity Cost of Economic Activities in the Lower Santa María Watershed

Estefania Espinosa, Cheryl Huo, Marion Morissette