{"id":1096,"date":"2025-11-25T20:26:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noapuertobaru.com\/?p=1096"},"modified":"2025-11-25T20:26:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:26:38","slug":"major-media-outlets-in-panama-highlight-the-situation-of-environmental-defenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noapuertobaru.com\/en\/articles-2\/major-media-outlets-in-panama-highlight-the-situation-of-environmental-defenders\/","title":{"rendered":"Major media outlets in Panama highlight the situation of environmental defenders"},"content":{"rendered":"

M<\/strong>\u00e1s de 60 organizaciones cient\u00edficas, sociales y ambientales<\/b>\u00a0they publicly denounced the progress of\u00a0a legal and media intimidation strategy<\/b>\u00a0intended to curb and punish those who defend the environment in the country.<\/p>\n

The signatory organisations demanded that\u00a0Crown Prosecution Service<\/b>\u00a0and to\u00a0Judiciary<\/b>\u00a0dismiss the complaints<\/b>\u00a0submitted by the company\u00a0Ocean Pacific Financial,\u00a0<\/i>port project developer\u00a0Puerto Bar\u00fa in David,<\/b>\u00a0against the organisations\u00a0Adopt Bosque Panama<\/b>\u00a0and the\u00a0Centre for Environmental Advocacy (CIAM)<\/b>.\u00a0Ambas querellas ya fueron\u00a0accepted by the Public Prosecutor's Office<\/b>, which raised alarm bells in civil society.<\/p>\n

In their joint statement, the organisations reminded that Panama is a signatory to the\u00a0Escaz\u00fa Agreement<\/b>, which obliges States to\u00a0ensure a safe environment for those who defend human and environmental rights<\/b>.<\/p>\n

However, they pointed out that actions such as these, which seek to punish public opinion, discredit environmental organisations and wear down their advocacy capacity, constitute\u00a0SLAPPs<\/b>strategic lawsuits against public participation, widely recognised internationally for their use as tools of\u00a0censorship, intimidation and emotional, legal and financial exhaustion<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Los EIA en Panam\u00e1, la ilusi\u00f3n de la sostenibilidad – La Estrella<\/a><\/h2>\n

\u00abEn Panam\u00e1 la Evaluaci\u00f3n de Impacto Ambiental se ha convertido en una ceremonia repetida, un requisito administrativo que en apariencia protege la naturaleza, pero que en la pr\u00e1ctica termina avalando la degradaci\u00f3n de los ecosistemas. El pa\u00eds lleva m\u00e1s de dos d\u00e9cadas aplicando la Ley General de Ambiente, pero sus resultados no son los mejores. Su esp\u00edritu se ha diluido entre intereses pol\u00edticos, econ\u00f3micos, consultor\u00edas y autoridades complacientes. Los EIA nacieron para garantizar que el desarrollo no destruyera los recursos naturales y la calidad de vida de la gente, pero hoy apenas sirven para justificar decisiones ya tomadas\u00bb<\/p>\n

Ambientalistas denuncian uso de la justicia como herramienta de persecuci\u00f3n en Panam\u00e1 – El Siglo<\/a><\/h2>\n

\u00abLas declaraciones surgen luego de que se interpusieran dos querellas contra el Centre for Environmental Advocacy (CIAM)<\/b> y entidades que han promovido la protecci\u00f3n de \u00e1reas naturales en la provincia de Chiriqu\u00ed, especialmente ante el impacto que tendr\u00eda el proyecto de Puerto Bar\u00fa. Ambas organizaciones sostienen que su trabajo busca generar conciencia y proponer alternativas sostenibles, no impedir el desarrollo.\u00bb<\/p>\n

Sociedad civil exige frenar querellas contra grupos defensores del ambiente en Panam\u00e1\u00a0 – La Prensa<\/a><\/h2>\n