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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Survival of the Ritziest Threatened frogs get cushy new habitat at a Panamanian hotel		26 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
Survival of the Ritziest Threatened frogs get cushy new habitat at a Panamanian hotel Hundreds of frogs and toads can be found in an unusual habitat in Panama -- Rooms 28 and 29 of the Hotel Campestre in the town of El Valle de Anton. An international crew of biologists, environmentalists, and zoo employees relocated the critters to save them from the deadly chytrid fungus, which has been working its way through Central America for ...
Topics: news, Panama, wildlife (all these topics)

You're Turning Into a Real Ditch Panama Canal threatened by denuded forest watershed		24 May 2005	Daily Grist
You're Turning Into a Real Ditch Panama Canal threatened by denuded forest watershed Here's how the Panama Canal works: Torrential downpours batter the country's forests during rainy season; the water is absorbed into the watershed and feeds steadily into massive, human-made Gatun Lake; the lake then feeds water into the canal. The shipping route thus provided is responsible for some 40 percent of the nation's econom ...
Topics: business, deforestation, news, Panama (all these topics)

Canal One		02 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Canal One Can the Panama Canal, a relic of the Industrial Revolution, survive in the modern era? That is the question that is haunting Panama, which depends on the canal's revenue-generating power to help ensure economic stability. As ships grow ever larger, fewer of them are able to squeeze through the narrow canal, despite a $1 billion widening project completed less than a year ago. Now the country is considering building a bigger set of ...
Topics: oceans, Panama (all these topics)

Rainforest Bunch A review of The Tapir's Morning Bath	Michelle Nijhuis	22 Aug 2001	Arts and Minds
It's easy to glorify field biologists. They travel to exotic locales, hang out with rare wildlife, and further humanity's understanding of the natural world. What could be more valuable -- or more fun? The Tapir's Morning Bath By Elizabeth Royte Houghton Mifflin Co., 288 pages, 2001 Wanna buy it? The Tapir's Morning Bath brings the discipline gently down to earth. Barro Colorado Island, a six-square-mile i ...
Topics: education, Panama, rainforests, wildlife (all these topics)

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