{"id":19906,"date":"2017-05-08T13:35:04","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T18:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=19906"},"modified":"2017-05-10T09:00:52","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T14:00:52","slug":"deadly-prison-island-became-natural-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/deadly-prison-island-became-natural-paradise\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Deadly Prison Island Became a Natural Paradise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/coiba_penal_colony.adapt_.1190.1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19907\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/coiba_penal_colony.adapt_.1190.1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1190\" height=\"793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/coiba_penal_colony.adapt_.1190.1.jpg 1190w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/coiba_penal_colony.adapt_.1190.1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/coiba_penal_colony.adapt_.1190.1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/coiba_penal_colony.adapt_.1190.1-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1190px) 100vw, 1190px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a great National Geographic Article written by Sarah Gibens.\u00a0For almost 100 years, Co\u00edba was inhabited only by criminals and political prisoners. Now it&#8217;s one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"parbase smartbody section text\">\n<p>Beautiful but extremely dangerous\u2014that\u2019s how many Panamanians think of the island of Co\u00edba 30 miles from their southern coast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"parbase smartbody section text\">\n<p>The largest island of the 38 islands contained in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coibanationalpark.com\/\">Co\u00edba National Park<\/a>, Co\u00edba is a <a href=\"http:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/1138\">UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/a>, and one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet. Containing just over 120,000 acres, it makes those who visit its shores feel as if they\u2019re stepping back in time to an era when the Earth was undeveloped. In addition to the 1,450 plant species on the island, Co\u00edba\u2019s forests are filled with hundreds of unique animals, and pristine coral reefs lie just beyond Co\u00edba\u2019s beaches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"parbase smartbody section text\">\n<p>The island\u2019s natural beauty, however, is an accidental case of conservation, attributable to the region\u2019s dark past.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image parbase section\">\n<figure class=\"image media-image media--small left \">\n<div id=\"szrfoc65\" class=\"standalone-linked\" data-pagewide-presentation-disabled=\"false\">\n<div class=\"placeholder-image-wrap\">\n<div class=\"picturefill\" data-pestle-module=\"PictureFill\">\n<figure class=\"modules-images modules-images--box-logo modules-images--no-aspect-ratio modules-images--natural\" data-reactid=\".6\">\n<div class=\"LazyLoad is-visible\" data-reactid=\".6.0\"><picture data-reactid=\".6.0.0\"><source srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/content\/dam\/photography\/PROOF\/2017\/April\/coiba\/01_coiba_penal_colony.adapt.133.1.jpg 133w, http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/content\/dam\/photography\/PROOF\/2017\/April\/coiba\/01_coiba_penal_colony.adapt.152.1.jpg 152w, http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/content\/dam\/photography\/PROOF\/2017\/April\/coiba\/01_coiba_penal_colony.adapt.162.1.jpg 162w, http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/content\/dam\/photography\/PROOF\/2017\/April\/coiba\/01_coiba_penal_colony.adapt.210.1.jpg 210w, http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/content\/dam\/photography\/PROOF\/2017\/April\/coiba\/01_coiba_penal_colony.adapt.224.1.jpg 224w, http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/content\/dam\/photography\/PROOF\/2017\/April\/coiba\/01_coiba_penal_colony.adapt.225.1.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/content\/dam\/photography\/PROOF\/2017\/April\/coiba\/01_coiba_penal_colony.adapt.280.1.jpg 280w, http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/content\/dam\/photography\/PROOF\/2017\/April\/coiba\/01_coiba_penal_colony.adapt.352.1.jpg 352w, http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/content\/dam\/photography\/PROOF\/2017\/April\/coiba\/01_coiba_penal_colony.adapt.470.1.jpg 470w, http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/content\/dam\/photography\/PROOF\/2017\/April\/coiba\/01_coiba_penal_colony.adapt.536.1.jpg 536w, http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/content\/dam\/photography\/PROOF\/2017\/April\/coiba\/01_coiba_penal_colony.adapt.590.1.jpg 590w, http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/content\/dam\/photography\/PROOF\/2017\/April\/coiba\/01_coiba_penal_colony.adapt.676.1.jpg 676w, http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/content\/dam\/photography\/PROOF\/2017\/April\/coiba\/01_coiba_penal_colony.adapt.710.1.jpg 710w, http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/content\/dam\/photography\/PROOF\/2017\/April\/coiba\/01_coiba_penal_colony.adapt.768.1.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/content\/dam\/photography\/PROOF\/2017\/April\/coiba\/01_coiba_penal_colony.adapt.885.1.jpg 885w, http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/content\/dam\/photography\/PROOF\/2017\/April\/coiba\/01_coiba_penal_colony.adapt.945.1.jpg 945w, http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/content\/dam\/photography\/PROOF\/2017\/April\/coiba\/01_coiba_penal_colony.adapt.1190.1.jpg 1190w, http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/content\/dam\/photography\/PROOF\/2017\/April\/coiba\/01_coiba_penal_colony.adapt.1900.1.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"570px\" data-reactid=\".6.0.0.0\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/content\/dam\/photography\/PROOF\/2017\/April\/coiba\/01_coiba_penal_colony.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Coiba Island off coast of Panama\" data-reactid=\".6.0.0.1\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"image-hover-control--hover-only enlarge-button\">VIEW IMAGES<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"media__caption \">\n<div class=\"media__caption--text\">Isla Co\u00edba, lying 23 kilometers off Panamas\u2019 Pacific coast, is the biggest (appr. 500 square kilometers) island in Central America and the largest uninhabited island in all of Latin America. Together with the nearby mainland, the Bahia Honda area, it forms one of the wildest and most spectacular landscapes in Central America, inhabited by charismatic wildlife, both terrestrial and marine.<br \/>\n<small class=\"media__caption--credit\">PHOTOGRAPH BY KEN PELLETIER<\/small><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline section\">\n<div class=\"gallery--init\" data-pestle-module=\"InlineGallery\">\n<div class=\"gtm_photo_gallery inline-gallery inline-gallery--small clearfix \" data-reactid=\".7\">\n<div data-reactid=\".7.0\">\n<div class=\"inline-gallery__header clearfix\" data-reactid=\".7.0.0\">\n<p>PRISON RUINS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-gallery__carousel-wrap inline-gallery__carousel-wrap--three-two\" data-reactid=\".7.0.1\">\n<div class=\"inline-gallery__carousel inline-gallery__carousel--not-moused-over swiper-container swiper-container-horizontal\" data-reactid=\".7.0.1.0\">\n<div class=\"inline-gallery__wrapper swiper-wrapper\" 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