Since then, more communities have joined, and by June 2017 the 12 indigenous territories of all ethnic groups in the Republic of Panama (Bribri, Bugle, Embera, Kuna, Naso, Ngabe, and Wounaan) had joined. During 2017 there have been exchanges of experiences with the Republic of Guatemala, the Republic of Paraguay, the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of Peru. In 2012 this figure fell to 60 percent of the area (4.5 million hectares).