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The conflict surrounding the Puerto Barú port project in the province of Chiriquí has ​​taken a new turn. The legal pressure against environmental organizations that oppose the project is no longer just a local issue; the situation has now begun to attract the attention of the international press. A recent report by Mongabay, […]

In recent days, environmental organizations in Latin America have publicly expressed concern over the legal actions taken against Centro de Incidencia Ambiental (CIAM) and Adopta Bosque Panamá in connection with their environmental defense work related to the Puerto Barú project. CIAM and Adopta Bosque Panamá are facing lawsuits and the freezing (judicial seizure) […]

Civil society organizations are denouncing to the media that the promoter of the Puerto Barú project, the US investment company Ocean Pacific Financial Services, has initiated a civil lawsuit to request the preventive seizure of accounts and assets belonging to Adopta Bosque Panamá and Centro de Incidencia Ambiental (CIAM). Puerto Barú launches a new attack against organizations […]

Under the slogan “when one is attacked, all are attacked,” civil society organizations are denouncing to the media that the promoter of the Puerto Barú project, the US investment company Ocean Pacific Financial Services, has initiated a civil process to request the preventive seizure of accounts and assets belonging to Adopta Bosque Panamá and Centro de […]

At a crowded press conference held in Panama City, more than 60 scientific, social, and environmental organizations publicly denounced the advance of a legal and media intimidation strategy aimed at hindering and punishing environmental defenders in the country. The signatory organizations demanded that the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Judiciary […]

According to Law 41 of 1998, protected areas in Panama are terrestrial, coastal, or marine zones officially declared to conserve natural and cultural resources, as well as to promote education, recreation, and environmental research. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) also defines these zones as spaces […]

Campaigning to get Puerto Barú in David relocated, to minimise environmental damage to mangroves, marine species, and other wildlife.

The Puerto Barú project in David is intended to be built 20 kilometres from the city of David, in an area surrounded by 25% of Panama's remaining mangroves, which are home to critically endangered species such as the hawksbill turtle and the Central American black monkey. The plaintiffs aim to prove before the [...]

An independent scientific report by Lynker warns of the irreversible damage that the Puerto Baru project will cause to the mangroves of Chiriqui.