Several members of social, environmental and human rights organizations from several countries of Latin America will participate in the meeting, told Jorge Moreno, one of the local organizers of the activity, to Real World Radio.

The workshops will deal with issues like environmental justice, impacts of climate change, hydroelectric and mining megaprojects, dams, carbon market, wind projects, and the displacement of communities due to residential tourism initiatives, among other things.

One of Panama´s most paradigmatic and current issues is the case of the Naso indigenous people from Bocas del Toro province, in the border with Costa Rica, as Chiriquí.

It is in this region of Panama where cattle company Bocas is evicting, with the help of anti-riot police officers, native communities to expand their cattle project, which focuses on buffalo. After the massive demonstrations carried out on the International Day of Water on March 22nd, the repression against these indigenous peoples has increased.

In addition to this conflict with the cattle company, the Naso indigenous people face the plans to build hydroelectric dams on Teribe and Changuinola rivers, promoted by Medellin Public Company and US company AES.