Law No 8 creating the Ministry for the Environment
Legislative
Law
Passed in 2015
This law notably creates the Ministry for the Environment and modifies dispositions of the Panama Authority for water resources. The Ministry is in charge of the protection, conservation, preservation and restoration of the environment, and of the sustainable use of natural resources.
The law amends law 41 of 1998 to include climate change adaptation and mitigation to the missions of the Ministry.