Implementation of the Convention
Measures Taken to Achieve the 2010 Target
Presently, ANAM is carrying out a set of processes to elaborate some studies closely related to biodiversity policy. For example: the elaboration of Rules to access Panamanian genetic resources and its sustainable use, as well as the benefits arising from such, for the implementation of article 71 of the Environmental General Law; regulation of articles 94 and 95 of the Environmental General Law concerning “Exploitation, management and conservation of the marine and coastal resources in the protected areas of Panama”; regulation by law of the proceedings, administrative and technical rules to incorporate the sustainability and rationality concepts into the exploitation of flora, fauna and water resources; regulations to establish the proceedings and technical mechanisms for creation of protected areas to be included into the National System of Protected Areas (SINAP), through laws, rules, regulation bylaws and/or municipal agreements; the elaboration of technical and jurisdictional regulations for ecotourism at the national level, in order to guarantee the conservation of natural resources and sustainable development through general public participation...
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Initiatives in Protected Areas
An analysis of the diverse natural processes of the protected areas, their current situation, the connectivity of the ecosystems, the extent to which these eco systems are represented within the SINAP, the health of the habitats, conservation of key species, biological diversity, the conservation of endemic species and the natural state of evolutionary processes, indicates that the vital processes of the protected areas within the Atlantic region have been preserved almost unchanged, with pristine environments and a high degree of conservation...
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Initiatives for Article 8(j)
The Atlantic Panamanian Mesoamerican Biological Corridor Project (CBMAP), operated by the National Environment Authority of Panama (ANAM), promotes actions and contributes to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity on the Atlantic side of the country, through land use practices which comply with biological, social and economic priorities, and improve the quality of life of indigenous and local communities...
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