Stanley Heckadon Moreno
Director of Comunications and Public Programs, Coordinator, Galeta Point Marine Laboratory, Colón , Panama.
e-mail: heckados@si.edu
Address: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
ATT: Stanley Heckadon-Moreno
9100 PANAMA CITY PL
Washington DC 20521-9100
Telephone: +507 212.8068
FAX: +507 212.8146
Publications
Publications by Stanley Heckadon Moreno in STRI Bibliography
Research Interests
Rural sociology, social forestry , environmental policy, environmental education and the history of natural history in developing countries.
Current Research
Peasant colonization of tropical forests. Industrialization and urbanization in the Panama Canal Watershed.
Fishermen, port development and protected marine coastal areas in the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal. Galeta Point Marine Laboratory, Colon.
The teaching of sciences in the republic of Panama.
Other research interests.
The history of natural history in the Isthmus of Panama.
Scientific outreach.
Over 50 yearly lectures to civic, business and academic groups. Also frequent appearances in national and international radio and television programs, aimed at building bridges between STRI research and the larger Spanish speaking community in Panama and Latin America. Writes a monthly article in Epocas, the historical and cultural supplement of Panama city’s La Prensa daily on the naturalists who have discovered the biological diversity of the isthmus from the XVIII to the XX century.
Education and Degrees
B.A., Universidad de los Andes, 1970.
M.A., University of Essex, 1973.
Ph. D., University of Essex, 1983.
Selected Bibliography
Heckadon-Moreno, Stanley 2005. Light and Shadows in the management of the Panama Canal Watershed. In: The Rio Chagres, Panama. A multidisciplinary profile of a tropical watershed. Russell S. Harmon (editor) Water Science and Technology Library, Vol 52, Springer, the Netherlands, pp 29-44.
Heckadon-Moreno, Stanley 2004. Naturalists on the Isthmus of Panama: A hundred years of natural history on the biological bridge of the Americas. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, 271p.
Heckadon-Moreno, Stanley 2003. Mentalidades y creencias en el Panamá republicano. In: Dimensiones de la Historia de Panamá, de la prehistoria hasta nuestros días. En conmemoración del centenario de la República 1903-2003. Club Unión, Panama, pp 243-258.
Condit, Richard G., Robinson, Douglas W., Ibanez D., Roberto, Aguilar, Salomon, Sanjur, Amelia, Martinez, Raul, Stallard, Robert F., Garcia, Tomas, Angehr, George R., Petit, Lisa, Wright, S. Joseph, Robinson, Tara R., and Heckadon-Moreno, Stanley. 2001. "The status of the Panama Canal watershed and its biodiversity at the beginning of the 21st century." BioScience 51(5): 135-144.
Heckadon-Moreno, Stanley (Ed.). 2001. Panamá: puente biológico. Las Charlas Smithsonian del Mes (First ed.). Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Panama, 233p.
Heckadon-Moreno, Stanley, Ibanez D., Roberto, and Condit, Richard. 1999. La Cuenca del Canal: deforestación, urbanización y contaminación. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Panama, 120p.