Agua Salud Experiment Panama Canal Watershed (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Agua Salud Experiment Panama Canal Watershed

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What is the best way to use land to prevent flooding, maximize water storage during dry periods, store carbon, protect tropical diversity and maximize timber value? The Agua Salud project evaluates these options in a 700-hectare experiment in the Panama Canal watershed.

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Jorge Aleman_STRI

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