The Paris and Madrid offices of Linklaters, Carey in Santiago and Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados in Lima have helped France's Séché Environnement buy fellow waste management company Befesa Group's Peruvian and...

The Recent Jurisprudence Of The Second Environmental Court.

The Environmental Evaluation Service (SEIA) has published the "Guide for Determination of the Ecological Flow for Hydropower Plants".

On January 15th, Resolution DGA N° 3,438 was published. It contains a list of water rights subject to the payment of a fine for lack of use.

The bidding rules for the "Punilla Reservoir Concession" international tender were made available to the public on April 6th, 2015.

The Chilean Environmental Impact Assessment Service ("Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental", SEA) published a 34-page document on 29 March 2023 that sets out new criteria for assessing...

Chile's Ministry of the Environment has published a draft amendment to the Environmental Impact Assessment System (SEIA) regulation, proposing significant changes to entry criteria and thresholds for mining and real estate projects. The proposal introduces higher thresholds for mining operations and exploration activities while establishing new exemptions for certain waste reprocessing projects and real estate developments with approved emissions offset programs.

By Exempt Resolution No. 409/2018 (E.R. 409), the Ministry of the Environment (MMA) has instituted a new information requirement for producers of priority products, in accordance with Law No. 20,920 ...

On January 9, a new General Instruction ("Instruction") from the Superintendence of the Environment ("SMA") was published in the Official Gazette regarding updates to contingency, prevention and emergency plans and the submission of information to the SMA.

On June 25th, 2016, Law No. 20,930 that establishes the environmental conservation right was published in the Official Gazzette.

Following Mexico’s initiative to discourage the use of carbon-intensive fuels, Chile's government has passed an environmental tax law with the objective of encouraging a shift to the use of clean air technologies.

On March 29th, 2016, Ex.Ord 43 from the Ministry of Health was published in the Official Gazzette, which approves the Regulation for the Storage of Hazardous Substances.

Today, Wednesday, June 1st, the Framework Law for the Management of Waste, Extended Liability of the Producer and Promotion of Recycling No. 20,920 (the "Law") was published.

Each Supreme Decree will regulate a specific priority product, and can distinguish categories and subcategories of each product.

Hoy miércoles 1 de junio se publicó en el Diario Oficial la Ley N° 20.920, Ley Marco para la Gestión de Residuos, la Responsabilidad Extendida del Productor y Fomento al Reciclaje ("la Ley").

Wildfires ravaged Chile in February, affecting the Maule, Biobio, Ñuble, and Araucania regions. With similar fires in 2017, there's growing concern about the deadly combination of climate & land-use change.

El Segundo Tribunal Ambiental ha debido enfrentar un período desafiante desde hace varios meses.

El Segundo Tribunal Ambiental ha debido enfrentar un período desafiante desde hace varios meses.