History of human occupation and environmental change in western and central Caribbean Panama

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• occupation 85%
• environmental disturbance 79%
• environmental change 76%
• coral reef 57%
• coastal zone 54%
• coast 53%
• history 49%
• land clearing 42%
• disturbance 41%
• Central America 34%
• high mountain 33%
• population growth 27%
• fishing 25%
• marine environment 25%
• environmental conditions 23%
• mortality 22%
• topography 21%
• agriculture 21%
• productivity 20%
• rainfall 18%
• land 16%
• sea 16%

Agriculture & Biology

• Panama 100%
• coasts 41%
• coral reefs 41%
• land clearing 27%
• land productivity 25%
• indigenous peoples 23%
• floodplains 20%
• Central America 19%
• topography 18%
• population growth 16%
• mountains 14%
• rain 13%
• history 13%
• agriculture 13%
• environmental factors 11%