Forests cover more than half of the Panamanian territory and indigenous peoples, the main inhabitants of these areas, play a vital role in the care and monitoring of this important resource for food security. As part of the joint UN-REDD national programme, work was done on the design of a National Forest Monitoring System (SNMB).2 The SNMB was defined as a multipurpose system that provides key information for REDD+ and for the monitoring of forest resources in general. The SNMB is still under development and in the process of institutionalization in MIAMBIENTE. Based on this project, personnel of eleven of the twelve congresses and indigenous councils of the country were trained in the use of drones.