New reality of social behavior

establishment of social parameters to be followed

mediating between the economic needs of service providers and health care

preserving jobs through new work paradigms

preservation of ecosystem health

Service providers committed to training and new ways of carrying out tourism activities.

Flexible environmental authorities to commit to make changes in the norms and regulations that allow new governance schemes.

Tourism and surveillance authorities, proposing new norms and better sustainable practices.

All stakeholders at the table, seeking shared governance for the conservation and improvement of direct and indirect employment and PA conservation.

Construction of best practices and regulations for a better use of the PA.

Conservation of the sea lion colony through collective awareness.

1. Livestock producers value the recognition of their products, both for their quality and the way they are produced.
2. The general public seeks responsible consumption. Within the textile market, Wildlife Friendly certification is highly valued and widely accepted.
3. The interest in this certification, both nationally and internationally, has led many producers to become interested in improving their livestock management in order to be eligible.

• The importance of allowing researchers, students and scientists to carry out their studies in the Mamoní Valley Reserve has an impact not only for them but also for the country and the world. For example, if the Smithsonian Tropical Institute discovers the reason why the fungus affects frogs in one geographic area and not in others, it could be decisive in saving a species.
• Achieving this combination of youth and mentor is a management strategy that contributes to create that critical mass to form young emerging leaders and protectors of the environment. At the beginning of the solution, a lot of manpower was required to build the structures of what would become the Mamoní Center, collaborators, volunteers and the executive team worked shoulder to shoulder.
• Creating a center or a conserved area is hard work that requires a lot of commitment and collective work, but harvesting achievements is an incomparable satisfaction.
• When thinking about acquiring land for conservation you should keep a low profile so that it is not misinterpreted as land grabbing.

- Ecosystem conservation depends on local enthusiasm and identification of the importance of biodiversity and strategic ecosystems.

- Management plans and conservation proposals must be included in land use plans.

- Protected area management should be approached from a regional perspective so that each municipality takes the model and implements it in its own municipality with a logic of connectivity and ecosystem globality.

- The participation of research institutions in the biodiversity identification process and in the formulation of protected area projects is of great importance; it avoids doubts about the importance and certainty of the proposals.

- Community participation motivated by the evidence of biodiversity and the functionality of ecosystems is of great importance to keep alive the enthusiasm for its dissemination and knowledge.

1. The good relationship we maintain with the environmental authorities in Panama has given us recognition as a conservation organization and for two consecutive years we have received the Environmental Excellence Awards.
2. The organization's committed work team has allowed us to achieve many accomplishments both locally and internationally.
3. Having strategic allies that since 1990 have been helping the organization both financially and professionally has contributed to the development of many of our conservation initiatives and leadership programs.
4. Environmental education in the communities is crucial as it will allow them to understand the value of forest conservation, develop the link with Mother Earth and perform sustainable actions with the environment.

Importance of knowledge of the biodiversity of species to value local ecosystems and make it known by different means to promote the interest and ownership of institutions and the community in conservation.

Local conservation is successful when it is based on internal initiatives that integrate institutions and the community and is supported by knowledge, participation and norms that motivate or encourage the protection of ecosystems.

Land use planning and ecosystem conservation strategies should be closely related in order to define congruent conservation projects and decisions that are supported by national norms.

The fact that protected areas are environmental determinants of land use planning is the clearest possibility that exists to avoid the alteration, degradation, or disappearance of strategic ecosystems in the urban context, favoring the collective right to a healthy environment, as these cannot be ignored by municipal administrations or by the political will of the moment.

However, it is not enough to incorporate them into the planning tools to position the designation, regulation and administration in order to achieve specific conservation objectives in public policies and to ensure that there is an effective commitment to them. Interinstitutional coordination and articulation are necessary to achieve effective management of protected areas in a scenario particularly dense in conflicts and interests such as the urban landscape.

• Recognition of the actions, knowledge and initiatives of citizens regarding the conservation and protection of these strategic spaces for the maintenance of biodiversity and the preservation of ecosystem services.
• Co-management promotes inter-institutional dialogue and the exchange of knowledge to develop a joint construction of the protected areas, which allows for the strengthening of trust among the stakeholders, reaching levels of good governance.
• The contribution of private enterprise contributes to the sustainability of urban protected areas, while at the same time it is potentially functional to the private sector's environmental responsibility actions.

• The environmental education strategies and the dynamization through activities such as interpretive tours, yoga, weaving, bird watching, etc., allow for better learning, understanding and appropriation of the protected areas to the extent that another type of relationship is built between humans and nature and the search for a biocentric vision of life where interdependencies are recognized.
• Other educational-environmental tools are strengthened and provided, as well as other conservation actions that were being developed by citizens and other stakeholders prior to the declaration.
• The incorporation in the citizenship and the government of some concepts based on the dialogue of knowledge helps the conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity.
• Participatory action as a fundamental axis for the successful management of protected areas.
• Other actors and sectors are involved in the conservation strategy of protected areas, including universities and companies, which make contributions based on their specific interests and capacities.