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Panama City, Jun 8 (EFE).- Panama created on Tuesday a Pacific reserve of more than 67,000 square kilometers, almost the size of the country, raising the protection of its marine areas to 30 percent and becoming the second nation in Latin America to achieve it within the United Nations' 30X30 Initiative framework.Panama has an area of 75,517 square kilometers and the so-called Coiba Cordillera Managed Resources Area (ARMCC), located in the eastern Pacific, has 67,908.98 protected square kilometers. (Camera: CARLOS LEMOS).SHOT LIST: THE GOVERNMENT OF PANAMA SIGNS AN EXECUTIVE DECREE TO CREATE A PACIFIC RESERVE IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA.SOUND BITE: THE PRESIDENT OF PANAMA, LAURENTINO CORTIZO (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: The signing of this executive decree is an important step to protect the biodiversity of our country and the conservation of the environment at a global level.
Puntarenas province, Costa Rica, Jan 13 (EFE).- Artificial coral reefs are proving key to the recovery of marine life in Costa Rica, helping to maintain a diversity of fish communities, prevent erosion and serve as part of a broader protective corridor.One of these reef projects is located at Playa Blanca, a beach in the Pacific province of Puntarenas that has earned a five-starred Blue Flag for its clean water and outstanding environmental management.A total of 14 bell-shaped artificial reef structures weighing between 250 and 600 kilograms have been installed there and currently are serving as habitat for a wide range of marine species. (Camera: MARIA JOSE BRENES). SHOT LIST: ARTIFICIAL CORAL REEFS INSTALLED BY PERSONNEL AT HOTEL PUNTA LEONA AT PLAYA BLANCA, A BEACH IN PACIFIC PROVINCE OF PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA.
Images show the President of Panama Laurentino Cortizo and President of Costa Rica Rodrigo Chaves holding a meeting in Panama City to discuss migration issues. IMAGES
Activists gather outside the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) in Costa Rica's capital San Jose, where for the first time in its history, a case will be heard about the legality of denying a woman access to abortion services. A woman identified only as "Beatriz" is symbolically squaring off against the Central American country of El Salvador, which enforces an absolute ban on the procedure regardless of the fetus's health or any risk to the pregnant woman. IMAGES
Costa Ricans begin voting to elect one of two scandal-tainted presidential candidates in a country grappling with sky-high poverty and unemployment. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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