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A bi-national corridor of nearly 1,000 kilometers between Panama and Costa Rica could be key to protecting manatees, which are endangered in Central America, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) said Tuesday.  This binational corridor, spanning 984 kilometers—220 kilometers in Costa Rica and 764 kilometers in Panama—and encompassing 2,631 square kilometers of coastal marine ecosystems and wetlands, is proposed by Smithsonian researchers who developed a study revealing the transboundary movements and habitat use of the Greater Caribbean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus).

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