What is causing the acceleration of the erosion process in the rainforest areas of Darin?
We have changed our ecosystems in the past 50 years more than any other period in history, largely due to the increased demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. Our Global economic output in the year 2000 was greater than the entire 19th century. In Darin, human intervention and the migration of agricultural colonizers has led to uncontrolled forestry, mining, agriculture and hunting resulting in deforestation, soil erosion, disruption of the fragile ecological equilibrium and dislocation of traditional indigenous practices. This all contributes directly to climate change. Even back 25 years ago, between 1980 and 1990, the annual demographic growth rate of 4.49% for the Darien as a whole was twice the average for Panama. On top of this, it is significant to note that the corregimientos in Darien experiencing negative population growth are all located in the upper tributaries and areas most distant from the road. On the other hand, those sectors on or closest to the existi
