Our Projects

Amphibians, and especially frogs, are dying out at a faster pace than most other species and must be protected.

Planet Rehab plans to bring back the Red Frog (Strawberry Poison Dart Frog) to Green Acres, as well as protect the other frogs that live in the area.

Our plan starts by constructing a "Ranarium" (Amphibian Home). Once the Ranarium is completed, we will build water features (waterfall, stream, pond) to encourage the frogs to repopulate the area.

Our plan is to heavily plant the area with the necessary tropical foilage, specifically Bromeliads which are used for the tadpoles.

Once the populations of the red frogs reaches 100, frogs they will then be released into the wild portion of Green Acres.

Each day 150-200 species become extinct, the only hope for many species will be Captive Breeding programs.

Planet Rehab has released the offspring from our breeding efforts into our protected rainforest.

Coral Reefs are in danger around the world!

Planet Rehab is constructing a Salt Water Pond which will assist with our Coral Restoration efforts.

The Pond will be used to foster "Man-made Reefs" which will be shaped to mimic the natural habitat of the corals with ties that will hold down the coral fragments.

This project will depend on continuous research to identify the best Coral for Fragging in the Bocas del Toro region. Fragging of Coral , which consists of dividing up healthy coral into smaller segments and mounting each segment, is a technique that allows corals to grow as much as 20 times faster.

We will be working alongside other organizations to help promote this project in order to save more coral reefs, as well as, continue to research to identify the most successful means for achieving healthy coral ecosystems.

At Green Acres we are building a plant nursery -and are working very hard to highlight the plight of the endangered Almendro Tree which is now extinct in many areas of Central and South America.

Our project consists of growing Almendro saplings from our mature Almendro Trees and transplanting them to bio-sensitive regions of Bocas del Toro, Panama where they will be protected. Almendro Trees are a Keystone Species and are depended upon by many other species including 16 mammal species, 19 bee species, and over 100 species of birds as well as the highly endangered Great Green Macaw which nests exclusively in the Almendro Tree.

The reason that the Almendros are going extinct is that their wood is highly prized for construction as it is termite resistant and lasts for many years.

The population of pollinators around the world has declined dramatically!

To curb this decline, our team is researching to determine which species of butterflies are indigenous to this area. Following the research phase we will be planting "Host Plants" to attract these butterflies back to the region.