 It was once home to one of Panama's few swaths of dry tropical forest; however, the area underwent heavy deforestation to make room for cattle pastures during the Spanish colonial era, leaving many of the hills and lowlands denuded.Some 70 hectares of dry tropical forest remain intact in the grounds surrounding the Achotines Laboratory in Pedasí, with another 50 hectares undergoing restoration.Pedasí District is divided administratively into the following "corregimientos"