English - Global Environment Facility

Name of
Protected
Area
PN Altos de
Campana
- (4,925.00
ha)
PN
Soberanía
- (19,543.55
ha)
Resources
with
differenciated
potential
- Landscapes;
- Cool weather;
- Species of
amphibians
and reptiles;
- Unique
avifauna;
- Hills of:
¨Trinidad¨, ¨La
Cruz¨ and
¨Campana¨
- Panama
Canal and
watershed;
- Unique
avifauna;
- Humidtropical
forest
close to
Panama City;
- River
Chagres
- Paths:
¨Camino de
Cruces¨ and
¨Venta de
Cruces.
Ecotourism
activities
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Visitor type Ecotourism potential Threats
- Hiking; - National tourists: - Educational and leisure
- Climbing and students from ecotourism; emphasis on hiking,
rappel nearby and central picnic, camping;
- Scientific provinces, and - Observation of flora and fauna;
research; Panama City; - Mix of community/cultural/agro-
- Visits to local - Panamanians tourism/scientific and adventure
fairs; who live abroad; tourism.
- Observation - Foreign tourists;
of stars; -National and
- Landscape international
photography researchers.
- Hiking;
- Scientific
research;
- Bird
watching;
- Canopy at
the
observation
tower;
- Canoeing;
- Mountain
biking;
- Visits to
historical
places
Annual visitors
average: 1,045
people
- Foreign tourists; - Casual and educational
- Bird watchers ecotourism; emphasis on hiking,
and business flora and fauna observation and
people who visit natural history.
the country for a - Mix of community/cultural/agro-
short time; tourism/scientific and adventure
- National tourists: tourism
primary and high
school students
from Panama City;
-During summer it
is a recreational
destiny for low and
medium income
families from
nearby
communities;
- It is the only park
with sports
facilities for
mountain biking
and nature´s
exploration.
Annual visitors
average: 6,311
people
- Land conflicts
inside the park;
Contamination by
agro-chemicals,
use of land for
stockbreeding
(??);
accumulation of
solid waste along
the access road
to the park;
-Illegal hunting
- Illegal hunting;
- Some roads are
a threat to
animals crossing
through the
adjacent forests;
subsistence
agriculture and
extraction of
resources (timber
and palms) for
constructions in
buffer zones;
- Forest fires