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Proposal for an Island National Park in Panama

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Russell A Minermeier
Affiliation:
New York Zoological Society, Bronx Zoo, Bronx, NY 10460.
Katharine Milton
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, PO Box 2072, Balboa, Canal Zone, Panama.
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Abstract

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Isla Coiba off Panama's Pacific coast still has one of the country's finest stands of tropical forest, with abundant wildlife. With the threat of logging never far away the authors suggest it should be made a national park.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1978

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