Agua Salud Project Panama Canal Watershed (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Agua Salud Project Panama Canal Watershed

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Nearly 50 percent of the world's tropical forests are secondary forests that have regrown after clearing, agriculture or cattle grazing. The Agua Salud Project in the Panama Canal Watershed makes it possible for Smithsonian scientists to quantify carbon storage, runoff and biodiversity for land uses including teak and native tree species plantations.

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Christian Ziegler

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