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Panama - Rights of Nature

SIGNED!

Law 287

"That recognized the Rights of Nature and the obligations of the State related to these rights"

Signed February 24, 2022

Rights of Sea Turtles in Panama

SIGNED!

Article 29 - Law 371

"The State will guarantee that natural and legal persons protect the rights of sea turtles and their habitats, such as the rights to live and have free passage in a healthy environment, free of contamination and other anthropogenic impacts that cause physical and health damage, such as climate change, pollution, fisheries bycatch, coastal development, and unregulated tourism among others."

Signed March 1, 2023

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National Wildlife Refuge Saboga - Panama - to uphold the Rights of Nature

PROPOSAL PENDING

-Submitted as a new protected area proposal in 2023

-Currently under review by the Ministry of the Environment of Panama

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Rights of Nature + CMAR (Marine Corridor of the Eastern Tropical Pacific)

PROPOSAL PENDING
-Proposal submitted by the Earth Law Center and The Leatherback Project for Rights of Nature to be the framework guiding management of CMAR
- Currently under review by the Ministry of Environment of Panama

Dominica - Rights of Nature

DRAFTING
- General Rights of Nature proposal being drafted
- Sisserou parrot and sperm whales as species ambassadors

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Peru - Rights of Stingless Bees

DRAFTING
- Proposal to include the rights of Amazonian stingless bees currently being drafted

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Benin - Rights of Nature

DRAFTING
- General Rights of Nature law proposal being drafted
- Elephants, cheetahs, and sea turtles as potential ambassadors

Wales - Rights of Nature

STRATEGIZING

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Indonesia - Rights of Java Gibbons

STRATEGIZING

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