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GEF-4 Tracking Tool for Biodiversity Focal Area Strategic
Objective One:
Reporting Catalyzing Progress Sustainability at Protected Area of Protected Sites: Data Area Sheet 1
Protected Area 7 : SOBERANIA NATIONAL PARK
Name, affiliation and contact details for
person responsible for completing the METT
(email etc.)
Date assessment carried out July 15, 2010
Name of protected area
WDPA site code (these codes can
be found on www.unepwcmc.org/wdpa/)
Designations
Country Panamá
National
National Park
Location of protected area (province
and if possible map reference)
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Marta C. Moreno
morenomc61@hotmail.com
Soberanía National Park
IUCN
Category
II
International
- Important areas for
Birds in Panama (PM-
8)
Provinces of Panama small towns of
Ancon, and Chilibre; Province of
Colon, small towns of Santa Rosa,
Limon and Cristobal.
Date of establishment - Executive Decree No. 13 of May 27, 1980, G.O. 20,333 of
June 24, 1980 (Decreto Ejecutivo Nº13 de 27 de mayo de
1980. GO. 20,333 del 24 de junio de 1980)
Ownership details (please tick)
Management Authority
State
X
Private
Communi
ty
Othe
r
National Environmental Authority (Autoridad Nacional
del Ambiente) (ANAM)
Size of protected area (ha) 22,104 ha. terrestrial ecosystem
Number of staff
Annual budget (US$)
– excluding staff
salary costs
What are the main
values for which the
area is designated
Permanent
One Protected Area Chief
and 14 park rangers and an
administrator
Recurrent (operational)
funds
-FIDECO (2010)= 30,000.00 US$
Temporary
0
Project or other
supplementary
funds
The National one of the Park contains representative
ecosystems and restored of tropical forests, aside from
being a corridor where the flora fauna species
conserves still habitats adequate for its reproduction.