MainDB: Panama Bay Wetlands Project for reducing the potential risk of flood around Airport areas

Title: Panama Bay Wetlands Project for reducing the potential risk of flood around Airport areas
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NWPTypeOfOrganization: Private sector
NWPGeographicRegion: Caribbean and Central America
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Adaptation element: Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Communication and outreach/awareness; Education and training; Monitoring and evaluation/M&E
Adaptation sector/theme: Water resources; Ecosystems; Coastal areas/zones; Disaster risk reduction; Infrastructure; Human settlements; Tourism
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Country: Panama
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Description: The Panama Bay Wetlands size is 297km2 and constitutes 21% of total Pacific wetlands (Ramsar, 2003). The Panama Bay Wetlands, which act as a natural barrier from climate change impacts for the Tocumen International Airport where Copa Airlines’ Hub is located, have been affected by new constructions in the area, due to lack of awareness about the importance of the ecosystem and lack of supervision from the environmental agencies. This Project wants to introduce the sensitization of the communities impacted on the subject. The goal is to raise awareness in steps of two phases.
 
First phase: communities outreach 
The focus will be on the communities that live nearby Panama Bay Wetlands. Generally, these people are seen to have the highest risk to be impacted by adverse effects of climate change (i.e. close to both oceans and rivers, which makes them vulnerable to flooding). The areas that are selected for the first outreach to raise awareness are the Tocumen and Juan Díaz areas.
 
The schools which will be targeted in these areas are the following:
Elementary and Junior School Centro Básico General Ernesto T. Lefevre.
Elementary School Ricardo J. Alfaro
Junior and High School Colegio Elena Chavez de Pinate 
Total number of people reached: 4616
 
The organizations and entities that will be targeted are:
NGO: Asociación Nacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (ANCON), since 1985.
Panama’s Republic Education Ministry
 
The following actions will be undertaken to achieve the goals:
Theoretical/practical workshops aimed at students and educational leaders
Monitoring and evaluation workshops
Educational tours for students and teachers to the area of Panama’s Bay wetlands
Competitions in drawing, painting, poetry, song and environmental experience
Mangroves reforestation with the community
 
Second phase: sensitization and communication 
The second phase of this project will focus on a wider outreach and creating a general awareness on the importance of the wetland ecosystems and the climate change issue. The following actions will be undertaken to achieve the goals:
Environmental Documentary - Wetlands Protection (Media):10 min to present in Copa flights and national TV
Environmental Capsules: 2 minutes
Expected outcome: Execution of training program for students and teachers, creating advocates for environmental education model with emphasis on protection of wetlands.
New leaders in communities with knowledge and sensitization on environmental problems, especially the Panama Bay wetlands.
Media plan to disseminate the problematic and to sensitize the community about the risks and flooding caused by not conserving and protecting wetlands, and all aspects that lead to climate change.
Further information: Find the case study summary here: https://unfccc.int/files/adaptation/nairobi_work_programme/private_sector_initiative/application/pdf/copa_airlines.pdf

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Indicators of achievement: The indicators for this project are:
The number of teachers and students trained in relation to the protection of wetlands
Approximate percentage of people who were sensitized by the media campaign on the conservation of wetlands Period: June 2013 - June 2014
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NWPPartner: Copa Airlines, Inc.
Purpose: Develop a social and education awareness campaign on the importance attributed to national wetlands conservation. This campaign particularly focusses on the risks of not protecting mangroves in the Panama's Bay and is aimed at Panamanian students of nearby communities and the public in general.
 
This campaign is developed in the context of the Panama Bay Wetlands (RAMSAR, 2003) acting as a natural barrier from climate change impacts for the Tocumen International Airport, which is the site for Copa Airlines Regional Hub. Recent developments have put these wetland areas at risk. Through their participation in a climate change adaptation regional project, Copa Airlines has identified and recognizes the risk that these developments induce for both their operations and for nearby communities.
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Created at 21/04/2016 11:46 by Roberto Felix
Last modified at 10/05/2022 21:55 by Nicholas Hamp-Adams
 
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