Selected work, documented with evidence.
Selected work demonstrating Tequina Wave’s ability to combine sustainability strategy, territorial intelligence, field deployment, stakeholder engagement and technically grounded project implementation.
We present full case studies only where there is enough evidence to describe the challenge, solution, outputs and documented contribution. Other verified experience is presented as selected institutional experience.
FCDO / British Embassy — Marine-Coastal Biodiversity Mapping, Open Data and AI
FCDO / Embajada Británica — Mapeo de Biodiversidad Marino-Costera, Datos Abiertos e IA
Challenge
Marine-coastal territories need accessible biodiversity information to support conservation, sustainable tourism, public decision-making and blue/green entrepreneurship. In Puerto Lindo and Portobelo, the opportunity was to demonstrate how low-cost underwater monitoring, open data principles and AI-supported analysis could generate practical environmental information for local and institutional use.
Solution
Tequina Wave developed and implemented a pilot marine monitoring approach using underwater visual records, open data principles and AI-supported analysis. The project included fieldwork, technical documentation, biodiversity information products, training materials, stakeholder engagement and dissemination of project findings to institutional partners and sector audiences.
Documented Contribution
- Developed a pilot, technology-enabled marine monitoring approach combining underwater visual records, open data principles and AI-supported analysis.
- Produced biodiversity-related technical inputs and dataset materials, shared with FCDO/British Embassy representatives and institutional partners.
- Strengthened local capacity through fieldwork documentation, training and stakeholder engagement, extending visibility through Expo MCA, the CONEP Forum and a British Embassy open-data event.
- Formal public hosting of the dataset remains pending institutional coordination with MiAMBIENTE.
Related Capabilities
Cerro Patacón Biogas Utilization Project — Feasibility Study & Baseline Analysis for Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Proyecto de Aprovechamiento de Biogás de Cerro Patacón — Estudio de Factibilidad y Análisis de Línea Base para la Reducción de Gases de Efecto Invernadero
Challenge
The Cerro Patacón Landfill in Panama City receives more than 2,500 tons of waste daily — over 40% of all waste generated in the country. After 40 years of operation, the site faces uncontrolled methane and hydrogen sulfide emissions, recurrent fires and deteriorating infrastructure, with six vulnerable communities of approximately 6,475 people living nearby. Panama has committed to a 24% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 under its Nationally Determined Contributions, yet lacked consolidated historical data across landfill authorities to support informed decision-making.
Solution
Tequina Wave served as local sub-consultant to En Partners Co., Ltd. for the pre-feasibility study of the LFG utilization project at Cerro Patacón and a private landfill in La Chorrera, commissioned by Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corporation (SLC). The team combined secondary source analysis, primary interviews with MiAmbiente, AAUD and ASEP, technical site visits and GIS-based geospatial processing, applying a full PESTEL analysis to reconcile disparate data sources into a single consolidated baseline.
Documented Contribution
- Delivered a consolidated technical and environmental baseline, cross-referencing disparate data sources into a single dataset for accurate feasibility and financial modeling.
- Mapped the full institutional and regulatory landscape across AAUD, MiAmbiente, ASEP and MEF, clarifying roles for permitting, energy regulation and public-private structuring.
- Delivered strategic recommendations on citizen participation, environmental permitting and PPP structuring under Law 13/2020.
- Positioned the project within Korea–Panama technical cooperation, with a pathway toward Article 6 / ITMO carbon-market alignment.
Related Capabilities
This project demonstrates Tequina Wave’s ability to support international environmental infrastructure initiatives — combining local execution, technical analysis, regulatory intelligence and institutional coordination in complex waste-management systems.
Verified experience across sustainability and public-sector work.
Verified experience across environmental infrastructure, circular economy, public policy, territorial planning and multilateral project formulation.
Country Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD) assessing private investment potential, development impact and reform viability for urban solid waste management in Panama.
Formulation of Panama’s first National Marine Litter Action Plan for the Ministry of Environment of Panama.
Evaluation of Law 187 of 2020 and Executive Decree No. 9 of 2022, and development of the National Strategic Plan for the progressive reduction of single-use plastics in Panama’s tourism sector.
Technical and financial pre-feasibility for an integrated solid waste management plant in East Panama, including concession and public-private partnership financial scenarios.
Formulation of a national reforestation pre-investment document for Panama’s Ministry of Environment, and financial/operational structuring for Panama’s first national vertical agriculture project (CIPAC), with SENACYT and the University of Panama.
Research and project formulation workshops for watershed management and territorial planning in the Chiriquí Viejo, La Villa and Santa María river basins.
Additional verified engagements include IDB Water and Sanitation and Audubon Americas in technical, market and environmental diagnostics.
- Our Ocean Conference — Award, Panama 2023, and Athens, Greece 2024
- Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress, Panama, 2023
- Symposium Towards a Blue Economy (Audubon) · GRULAC Plastics Treaty, Dominican Republic, 2024
- Green Project Challenge Award, UN Tourism, Cartagena 2024 · Commercial mission with the Embassy of Italy / AEOP