Protected areas of Panama include: * Arraiján Protected Forest ( Bosque Protector de Arraiján) * Boca Vieja Beach Wildlife Refuge ( Refugio de Vida Silvestre Playa Boca Vieja) * Calobre Springs Natural Monument ( Monumento Natural de Los Pozos de Colobre) in

Calobre District Calobre District is a district (''distrito'') of Veraguas Province in Panama. The population according to the 2000 census was 12,184; the latest official estimate (for 2019) ia 12,159.Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Panama. The di ...

* Cerro Ancón Reserve ( Reserva Cerro Ancón) * Colón Island Natural Reserve on

Colón Island Colón Island (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Isla Colón'') is the northernmost and main island in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago located in Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. The capital city of the province, Bocas Town, Bocas del Toro, Bocas del To ...

* Forestal Canglón Reserve * Filo del Tallo Hydrological Reserve *

Metropolitan Natural Park Metropolitan Natural Park (Parque Natural Metropolitano) is a park in Panama City, Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the s ...

( Parque Natural Metropolitano) *

Narganá Wilderness Area Nargana Wilderness Area is a 98,999 ha reserve in Guna Yala, Panama run by the Kuna people. It is known for its bird watching opportunities and is home to black-crowned antpitta, speckled antshrike, and red-throated caracara The red-throated ca ...

(Area Silvestre de Narganá) * Punta Patiño Natural Reserve *

San Lorenzo Protected Area San Lorenzo Protected Area (SLPA; "Area Protegida San Lorenzo") is a 12,000-ha area in Panama. It includes Fort San Lorenzo and Fort Sherman. At its longest point, is measures from "Toro Point to the town of Escobal". The widest point of its widt ...

* Serrania del Bagre Biological Corridor *

Comarca A ''comarca'' (, or , or ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term ''marca'', meaning a "march, ...

Kuna Yala Guna Yala, formerly known as San Blas, is a ''comarca indígena'' (indigenous province) in northeast Panama. Guna Yala is home to the indigenous people known as the Gunas. Its capital is Gaigirgordub. It is bounded on the north by the Cari ...

* Chagres River * Swamps and Wetlands of the Bay of Panamá ( Manglares y Humedales de la Bahía de Panamá) * Humedales del Golfo de Montijo * Lago Alajuela * Cienega de las Macanas (La Macanas Cienega) * Parque Central * Manglares (swamp / wetland areas) *

Palo Seco Forest Reserve Palo Seco Forest Reserve (''Bosque Protector Palo Seco''), is a rainforest preserve in Panama in Bocas del Toro Province. The reserve was created in 1983 to be a conservation corridor linking Fortuna Forest Reserve and La Amistad International Park ...

( Bosque Protector de Palo Seco) *

Isla Solarte Solarte Island (in Spanish: ''Isla Solarte''), also known as Nancy's Cay, (in Spanish: ''Cayo Nancy'') is an 8 km2 island located only 1 mile east of Bocas del Toro, in the Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. The two hundred Ngöbe Buglé fis ...

(Solarte Island, part of which is in a National Marine Park) * Wizard Beach on Isla Bastimentos (Bastimentos Island) near Parque Nacional Marino Isla Bastimentos * Yeguada Lagoon Forst Reserve ( Reserva Forestal La Yeguada) at the Yeguada Lagoon ( Laguna Yeguada) * San San-Pond Sak Humedal Ramsar San San-Pond Sak * Barú Volcano (

Volcán Barú The Volcán Barú (also Volcán de Chiriquí) is an active stratovolcano and the tallest mountain in Panama, at high. It lies about off the border of Costa Rica. It is also the twelfth highest peak in Central America. Due to its height and the ...

) *

Fortuna Forest Reserve Fortuna Forest Reserve is a 206.54 km² forest reserve in the mountains of Chiriquí Province, Panama. Geography Fortuna Forest Reserve is located in the eastern foothills of the Cordillera de Talamanca near the transition to the . The reserve co ...

( Reserva Forestal De Fortuna)

National parks

National parks A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual ...

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

( List of national parks of Panama) include: * Altos de Campana National Park *

Barro Colorado Island Barro Colorado Island is located in the man-made Gatun Lake in the middle of the Panama Canal. The island was formed when the waters of the Chagres River were dammed to form the lake in 1913. When the waters rose, they covered a significant part ...

Cerro Hoya National Park Cerro Hoya National Park is a protected area in southwestern Panama. Geography It is located in the southwestern portion of the Azuero Peninsula. Cerro Hoya () is the highest peak in the park, and the park's namesake. The park also contains Punt ...

Chagres National Park The Chagres National Park is a nature park and protected area created in 1986 located between the Province of Panama and Colon, in the Eastern sector of the Panama Canal with a total surface area of . The park contains tropical rain forests a ...

Coiba National Park Coiba is the largest island in Central America, with an area of , off the Pacific coast of the Panamanian province of Chiriquí. It is part of the Tolé District of that province. History Coiba separated from continental Panama about 12,000 to ...

Darién National Park Darién National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Darién) is a World Heritage Site in Panama. It is about 325 kilometers from Panama City, and is the most extensive of all national parks of Panama and is one of the most important world heritage sites ...

* Omar Torrijos "El Cope" National Park * Chiriquí Gulf National Marine Park *

Isla Bastimentos National Marine Park Isla Bastimentos National Marine Park (in Spanish: ''Parque Nacional Marino Isla Bastimentos'') is a marine park located in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama. The park covers 13,226 hectares. History The park has been managed and protecte ...

La Amistad International Park The La Amistad International Park, or in Spanish , formerly the La Amistad National Park, is a Transboundary Protected Area in Latin America, management of which is shared between Costa Rica ( Caribbean La Amistad and Pacific La Amistad Conservati ...

* Las Cruces Trail National Park * Portobelo National Park *

Sarigua National Park Sarigua National Park (''Parque Nacional Sarigua'') is a national park situated on the Azuero Peninsula in the Herrera Province of Panama, approximately from Panama City Panama City ( es, Ciudad de Panamá, links=no; ), also known as Panama ( ...

* Soberanía National Park * Volcan Baru National Park

References

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