Conservation of the Hawksbill Turtle in Masargandup: A Link Between Science and Guna Cosmovision

On a small island in the Panamanian Caribbean, north of the Gulf of Guna Yala, hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata), a species on the verge of extinction, arrive each year to lay their eggs. Masargandup has been, for generations, a key site for their reproduction. Although surrounded by a relatively healthy reef ecosystem, the island now […]