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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.
President Obama announces the designation of a U.S. marine monument off the coast of New England - an Atlantic sanctuary of about 5000 square miles, featuring mountains, canyons and abundant sea life. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Commerical fishing will be banned from more than 582,500 sq miles of the Pacific Ocean with U.S. President Barack Obama's expansion of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument off the coast of Hawaii. Jillian Kitchener reports.
Thousands of workers' union members hold placards as they march in Buenos Aires to mark International Workers' Day. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI34QL6EW_EN
Hundreds of Union workers gather in Buenos Aires ahead of a march to mark International Workers' Day. IMAGES