We are proud of Panama and its international leadership that has taken the protection of nature worldwide. But while it is pushing for its recognition at the United Nations, on its own territory the David Mangroves face the threat of a port project called Puerto Bar\u00fa.<\/p>\n
During the United Nations General Assembly, President Jos\u00e9 Ra\u00fal Mulino announced that Panama would promote a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Nature, inviting other countries to join this international initiative.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are a country that protects 33% of our territory and 54% of our seas. Today I announce that Panama will lead internationally an effort to recognize the universal rights of nature,\u201d declared Jos\u00e9 Ra\u00fal Mulino at the United Nations General Assembly.<\/p>\n
An advertisement that positions Panama at the center of a global movement that seeks to recognize ecosystems as subjects of rights and not merely as resources available to humans. The question is not about Panama\u2019s role; it has to do with how what is proposed globally is reflected in the country\u2019s own environmental decisions.<\/p>\n
From Panama to the world: The Rights of Nature This advancement is also the result of decades of work by indigenous peoples, environmental organizations, and citizen movements that have advocated for a new relationship between people and the planet. However, recognizing rights is only the beginning; the real challenge lies in ensuring their implementation.<\/p>\n Puerto Bar\u00fa: the contradiction facing Panama Independent studies have warned about their potential impacts on biodiversity, carbon capture, coastal protection, and marine ecosystems. Environmental organizations have turned to the Supreme Court to challenge the approval of the project\u2019s Environmental Impact Study.<\/p>\n So if nature has the right to maintain its vital cycles, how are those rights guaranteed in the face of projects that could alter them? The Puerto Bar\u00fa controversy tests the practical application of the principles that Panama seeks to promote internationally.<\/p>\n Environmental leadership is also demonstrated at home The David Mangroves are part of that challenge because defending the Rights of Nature does not consist solely of recognizing them before the United Nations. It also involves ensuring that they are respected in the territories where nature needs protection.<\/p>\n Rights do not end when they are proclaimed. They begin when they are made effective. Panama wants the world to recognize the Rights of Nature; the great challenge is to demonstrate how they are protected within their own borders.<\/p>\n #Defends the Mangroves in Puerto #Bar\u00fa against Illegal #Activities<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" While Panama promotes the Rights of Nature to the world, in the Gulf of Chiriqu\u00ed the controversy continues over the Puerto Bar\u00fa project, which includes port infrastructure and dredging in the area of the David Mangroves.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articulos"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nIn 2022, Panama passed Law 287, which recognizes the right of nature to exist, persist, regenerate, and maintain its vital cycles. Four years later, the country seeks to bring that recognition to the UN, pushing for a Universal Declaration by 2030 and promoting the creation of a Coalition of States for Nature.<\/p>\n
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\nWhile Panama promotes the Rights of Nature to the world, in the Gulf of Chiriqu\u00ed the controversy continues over the Puerto Bar\u00fa project, which includes port infrastructure and dredging in the area of the David Mangroves.<\/p>\n
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\nThe impetus of a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Nature represents an opportunity for Panama and for the world. But international commitments need to be translated into concrete decisions, backed by scientific evidence, citizen participation, and effective protection of ecosystems.<\/p>\n