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Avifauna
How to help & Contact
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Projects
What we do
We don’t just carry out projects—we design long-term interventions with clear goals that move from idea to impact and grow over time to create real change. To achieve this, we build alliances with local communities, organizations, authorities, and the private sector. Together, we promote an integrated development model that ensures a sustainable future for birds, their habitats, and the people who depend on them.
We sow the seeds of lasting change: we share knowledge and strengthen local talent by training guides and supporting students and emerging professionals. In doing so, we open opportunities for sustainable livelihoods, consolidate local leadership, and promote ways of life that are compatible with conservation and good land management practices.
Where we work
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Forests of the Panama Canal Watershed
The forests of the Panama Canal watershed are among the best studied and most accessible in the tropics, a natural laboratory for scientists, students, and visitors.
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Darién
The Darién is a true treasure trove of biodiversity, home to iconic and threatened species, including several macaws endangered both nationally and globally.
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Azuero Peninsula
Habitat conservation and protection of the Great Green Macaw (Ara ambiguus) around Cerro Hoya National Park. This endangered species has been a priority in our preservation efforts, focusing on protecting its nesting areas and restoring the ecosystems that are essential for its survival.
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Avifauna
Our Story
In 2000, a group of bird enthusiasts founded the Avifauna Eugene Eisenmann Foundation with the purpose of protecting Panama's birdlife and their habitats, as well as honoring the memory of Eugene Eisenmann, a pioneering Panamanian-born ornithologist whose work earned international recognition.
Eugene Eisenmann was among the first ornithologists born in the Neotropics. He, more than any other person who ever lived, actively encouraged the study of Panama's birds by both visitors and residents. Our goal is to ensure that his memory endures, in Panama and beyond
Eisenmann's legacy is deeply tied to Panama's natural wealth. For bird lovers, the country is a true paradise, with more than 1,000 recorded species. This extraordinary diversity—concentrated in a territory smaller than South Carolina—is possible thanks to a remarkable variety of habitats and a robust system of protected areas. Together, these make Panama a biological bridge for millions of migratory birds that travel each year between North and South America.
Together, these make Panama a biological bridge for millions of migratory birds that travel each year between North and South America.
Our Mission
The mission of the Avifauna Eugene Eisenmann Foundation is to protect Panama's birds and their habitats. They achieve this by:
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Promoting sustainable tourism in areas that are prime for birdwatching across the country, so that the funds generated can strengthen the protection of these places.
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Educating Panamanians about their birds, the threats they face, and the actions needed to protect them.
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Acquiring vital lands where bird species have been at risk of extinction, with the aim of managing them as private reserves with the support and involvement of neighboring communities.
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Working with the Government of Panama, as well as national, international, and private organizations, to achieve this bird conservation mission.
Panama Rainforest Discovery Center
The decision to protect forests in the Panama Canal watershed for water security and canal function brought a vital benefit: accessible, well-conserved tropical forests that act as a living laboratory for education, research, and discovery.
With this vision, the Foundation created a tropical forest interpretation center in the buffer zone of Soberanía National Park, at the entrance to Camino del Oleoducto (Pipeline Road), one of the most celebrated birding sites on the continent.
In 2003, the Foundation received a 20-hectare concession at this emblematic location and has since operated the Panama Rainforest Discovery Center, with three fundamental objectives:
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Increase visits to the tropical forests of central Panama.
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Educate visitors about the importance and fragility of tropical forests.
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Effectively protect the buffer zone and the entire area of Soberania National Park.
Miembros
JUNTA DIRECTIVA
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President:
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Vice President:
Líder Sucre
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Treasurer:
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Secretary:
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Sub Secretary:
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Sub Treasurer
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Vocal
Venicio WilsonMarco Saavedra CataláCarlos Bethancourt
ASAMBLEA GENERAL
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Robert Eisenmann
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Robert S. Ridgely
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Raúl Arias de Para
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Lynda Gearheart
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Loyda Sanchez
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Ira Rubinoff
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John Guarnaccia
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María Allen
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David B. Eisenmann
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César Tribaldos Jr.
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Rafael Arias Chiari
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Gonzalo de la Guardia Arias
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Nicholas Psychoyos
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Pedro Heilbron
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Samuel Lewis Navarro
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Benjamín Boyd Lewis
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Norita Scott Pezet
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Karl Kauffman
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Manuel José Berrocal
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Félix Riera Salgado
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Leslie Kline de Riera
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Rosabel Miró
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John Gwyne Jr.
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Rolando Jordán Mayorga
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María Gabriela Fong
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Jorge Ventocilla
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María Arango Schmitt
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Wendy Tribaldos
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James Richard Morales
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Karen Ávila
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Miriam Bethancourt
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