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A Message From Our Executive Director
In Native Future’s 20 years of collaboration with the Wounaan people of Panama, 2022 - 2024 have proven to be the most promising. Wounaan...
Nov 9, 20242 min read


Indigenous Fire Management: Wounaan Forest Fire Fighting Skills Put To The Test
All of 2023 was an exceptionally dry year for Panama. In October, the Panama Canal reported 41% less rainfall than usual, highlighting...
Jun 25, 20242 min read


Wounaan-led Ecotour and Trail Development
Rio Platanares is putting the final touches on its Crested Eagle Trail, preparing to receive visitors this tourist season. The trail,...
Nov 16, 20232 min read


Six Wounaan Participate in Annual Hawk Watch
This October, six Wounaan participated in the annual Audubon Hawkwatch at the top of Ancon Hill. Three women and three men, from four...
Nov 14, 20231 min read


Meet a Few of 87 Current Ngäbe Buglé Students
The pictures and quotes below are university students from El Jacinto, the small community where this scholarship program began in 2002....
Nov 14, 20232 min read


Wounaan Reviving Traditional Practices, Planting More Trees
The seed and stock of many of the trees and plants important to Wounaan culture, ecology and local economy are growing scarce and not...
Nov 14, 20231 min read


Protecting Against Runaway and Illegal Fires
Below: Forest fire fighting training February 2023. In 2024, the program will continue to support communities to protect their...
Nov 14, 20231 min read


Wounaan Defend Land and Nature
Indigenous territories and their natural resources receive the best degree of protection when they are legally recognized by the...
Nov 14, 20232 min read

Education Program Report: Celebrating 22 years of Indigenous Education.
None of this progress would have been possible without your generous support. Thank you so much!
Nov 8, 20221 min read


First Woman Cacique of the Wounaan People: Aulina Ismare Opua
September 5th marks the International Day of Indigenous Women, a day chosen to commemorate the struggle of Indigenous heroine Bartolina...
Sep 6, 20222 min read


Territorial alerts map helps Wounaan halt illegal logging
In early March 2021, upon updating the newly developed territorial alerts map, Native Future’s volunteer GIS Technician, Clay Mosolino,...
Dec 4, 20212 min read


250+ reasons to be thankful!
It’s been a challenging two years, yet, during that time our community has only grown.
Nov 25, 20211 min read

Our Fall 2021 Newsletter has arrived!
Our Fall 2021 Newsletter has arrived!
Nov 19, 20211 min read

2021 Spring Newsletter + 2020 Annual Report
This spring newsletter serves as a 2020 annual report, reflecting the uncertainties of the past year and the innovations that emerged.
Jul 14, 20211 min read


Fall 2020 Newsletter
Our latest newsletter is here! See the link in this post for the full story.
Mar 25, 20211 min read

Wounaan have a new forest monitoring tool
Since 2016, a team of Wounaan forest technicians
have been monitoring twelve Wounaan territories to protect them from deforestation.
Dec 1, 20202 min read

Spring 2020 Newsletter
Our latest newsletter is here. See the link below to see our full spring report, including a more in-depth review of Native Future's...
Sep 19, 20201 min read
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