Wounaan
Lands
Darién and eastern Panama, including the Emberá-Wounaan comarca and collective lands, and the San Juan River region of Colombia
Facts 2
Population
Panama's 2023 census counted 10,634 Wounaan people.
As of 2023 Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo (INEC), Panama, Cuadro 20. Población indígena en la República, por sexo, según provincia, comarca indígena, grupo indígena al que pertenece y grupos de edad: Censo 2023 (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Today
Wounaan forest technicians map illegal clearing with smartphone apps and GIS, and communities bring that evidence to the Wounaan National Congress.
As of 2022 Source: Yale Environment 360, Yale School of the Environment, Panama's Indigenous Groups Wage High-Tech Fight for Their Lands (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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