Terrestrial Permits

Terrestrial Research Permit

This permit is required for Terrestrial Observation / Collection / Marking

National Authority for the Environment (ANAM)

Collection made outside Barro Colorado Nature Monument (BCNM)

Please take note that the requested information should not be too technical, but instead, should provide information related to the purpose of your research.

If you can send the information in spanish, this will expedite the processing of your permit.

Type of permit(s) requested

Collect

Observation

Marking

Permits to collect, import or export wildlife from the Republic of Panama, as well as to conduct a scientific investigation throughout the Republic of Panama, will be granted provided the applicant submits the following information to the National Authority of the Environment (A.N.A.M.) PLEASE FILL IN THE FORM COMPLETELY DO NOT LEAVE BLANKS.

General objective(s)

Justification What is the rationale/motivation for the project?

Please provide a justification for the quantity of individuals to be marked or collected. (Remember in developing your justification you need to make a clear statement regarding the anticipated impact of your proposed collections on the populations or communities under investigation.)

Methodology

Place of study: Protected Areas

Place of study: Other Areas

Dates for this Research Permit

One Year Maximun

If you require an extension of this permit request, please submit a new request 3 months before the expiration date.

From

To

Collection / Marking

Species to be collected and/or marked (please give enough justification for the quantities to be collected):

Common name Family Genre / Species Quantity Type of Samples Sex

How will collections be made?

Where will collections be made (Protected Areas)?

Where will collections be made (Other Areas)?

Will the species that are captured be marked and released?

How will the marks be used?

At what research site will the specimens be marked: Protected Areas

At what research site will the specimens be marked: Other Areas

Give names, nationality, Passport or Cedula #, of those persons who will carry out the study, including principal investigator (for more than 3 assistants, please justify).

Send curriculum vitae and two (2) passport size picture of each person to arosemo@si.edu.

Full Name Passport Number / Cedula (Panamanians) Nationality

If you have carried out research and/or collection previously in Panama, please submit a Spanish report of the result of your research, reprint or publication including abstract in Spanish. Please send these documents as PDFs to arosemo@si.edu. If you do not comply with this requirement, ANAM will not process the new application.

Environmental impact of study, if any (brief description of what changes or alterations will be made)

If you have not carried out research and / or collection previously in Panama, please send a copy of scientific paper previously published on this subject to arosemo@si.edu.

Important Note: One sample of each specimen collected must be deposited as a voucher at the University of Panama, the depositary for ANAM. Only species which are not endangered can be collected.

A Spanish progress report must be sent to ANAM within a year. The resulting publication must also be sent as soon as it is published.

Name of Requester

E-mail

Date of request