Study reveals unusually high carbon stocks and tree diversity in Panama's Darien forest

(Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) Through a participatory forest-carbon monitoring project in the Darien forest of Panama, scientists and a team of trained indigenous technicians found that, even in disturbed areas, it maintained the same tree species richness and a disproportionately high capacity to sequester carbon.

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