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What is the main cause of environmental damage in the country according to the text?
What is the main cause of environmental damage in the country according to the text?
- Natural disasters
- Organized crime (correct)
- Lack of environmental policies
- Industrial pollution
What is the main cause of environmental damage in the country according to the text?
What is the main cause of environmental damage in the country according to the text?
- Lack of environmental policies
- Climate change
- Industrial waste
- Organized crime (correct)
Which provinces have the most reported cases of environmental crimes?
Which provinces have the most reported cases of environmental crimes?
- Herrera, Los Santos, ChiriquÃ, and Bocas del Toro
- Colón, Panama, Veraguas, and ChiriquÃ
- Coclé, Darién, ChiriquÃ, and Panama (correct)
- Panama City, Colón, Bocas del Toro, and Veraguas
Which provinces have the most reported cases of environmental crimes?
Which provinces have the most reported cases of environmental crimes?
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What illegal activities are growing according to the text?
What illegal activities are growing according to the text?
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What illegal activities are growing according to the text?
What illegal activities are growing according to the text?
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Study Notes
- Organized crime is causing environmental damage in the country.
- 56 environmental crimes were reported between January and February 2023.
- The crimes range from illegal deforestation to forest fires.
- Coclé, Darién, ChiriquÃ, and Panama are the provinces with the most reported cases.
- Arson fires have been reported in ecological reserves and provinces.
- The National Association for the Conservation of Nature filed complaints seven years ago for the Matusagaratà wetlands.
- The Ministry of the Environment received 319 environmental complaints from November 2021 to October 2022.
- Illegal mining and animal trafficking are growing activities.
- Three men were apprehended and four people surprised in Quebrada Mula, Sabanitas, when they were extracting gold.
- The Minister of the Environment did not know that crime was so organized when he assumed the present administration in July 2019.
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