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Mar 32 min read
Puerto Lara Hosts Successful 7th Annual Christmas Bird Count
On January 5, 2025, 37 participants spent over 18 hours counting and recording 152 unique species and 1,365 total birds along several...

Dec 10, 20241 min read
(Video) An Adventure of Wounaan Children and Many Birds
On December 3, 2024, Native Future hosted an online panel discussion to celebrate Wounaan cultural revitalization. This event focused on...


Nov 9, 20242 min read
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
WOUNAAN TERRITORIAL MONITORING RECEIVES GRANT FROM US EMBASSY IN PANAMA
Native Future is honored to receive a 21-month, $475,000 grant from the American Embassy in Panama to strengthen the Wounaan Territorial...


Nov 7, 20245 min read
I watched how butterflies gathered on the riverbank: Indigenous Education and the Fight For Land Rights
This story was relayed to us by Wounaan scholarship recipient and forestry student, Yadira Osorio Carpio. Yadira received a four-year...


Oct 29, 20241 min read
JOIN US!! Chibau, K'õsi and Many Birds - Indigenous Land Rights in Panama
FREE ONLINE #GivingTuesday EVENT. Tuesday, December 3 · 6 - 7:00pm MST Please join us in this celebration in support of Indigenous land...


Sep 23, 20242 min read
Go Birdwatching with Wounaan! Join the Wounaan Bird Count Conservation Tour
January 1-7, 2025 WhiteHawk Birding invites you on a 7-day conservation tour  in benefit of Native Future and the Wounaan Bird Count...


Aug 9, 20242 min read
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Today, August 9, 2024 is International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples ! The United Nations estimates that there are about 476...
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