El Istmo en el mundo. Elementos para una historia ambiental de Panamá

Abstract

This article proposes a framework for the study of the interactions between human societies and the natural world, and the consequences of these interactions for both parts along time in the Isthmus of Panama. So, after a general characterization of the Isthmus’s eco regions, a historical periodization is proposed in correspondence with successive human strategies of interaction with the natural world, differentiated in terms of the technologies employed and the corresponding social relations.