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Decreto Nº 121 - Reglamento Ambiental para Actividades Mineras (RAAM).

Country/Territory
Ecuador
Document type
Regulation
Date
2009
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Registro Oficial Nº 67 Suplemento, 16 de noviembre de 2009.
Subject
Mineral resources
Keyword
Mining Minerals Exploration EIA Environmental audit Environmental standards Institution Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Protected area Authorization/permit Erosion Pollution control Soil pollution/quality Soil conservation/soil improvement Early warning system Standards Protection of environment
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Andean States, East Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, South-Eastern Pacific
Abstract

El presente Decreto aprueba el Reglamento Ambiental para Actividades Mineras (RAAM), que tiene por objeto promover el desarrollo sustentable de la minería a través del establecimiento de normas, procedimientos, procesos y subprocesos, para prevenir, controlar, mitigar, rehabilitar, remediar y compensar los efectos que las actividades mineras puedan tener sobre el medio ambiente y la sociedad.

Full text
Spanish
Website
www.tribunalconstitucional.gov.ec

References - Legislation

Implements

Ley de Minería.

Legislation | Ecuador | 2009 (2018)

Keyword: EIA, Protection of environment, Basic legislation, Mining, Minerals, Exploration, Institution, Concession, Zoning, Protected area, Access right, Pollution control, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Soil pollution/quality, Environmental standards, Servitude, Contract/agreement, Non-governmental entity, Royalties/fees, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Authorization/permit, Indigenous peoples, Standards, Water abstraction

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repeals

Acuerdo Nº 39 - Reglamento de la Comisión especial para concesiones mineras en áreas del patrimonio forestal del Estado de bosques y vegetación protectores.

Legislation | Ecuador | 2002

Keyword: Institution, Mining, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Concession, Protected area, Environmental standards, Authorization/permit, Standards, Protection of environment

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Acuerdo Nº 40 - Informes previos a la aprobación de estudios de impacto ambiental en áreas del patrimonio forestal del Estado y bosques y vegetación protectores.

Legislation | Ecuador | 2002

Keyword: Mining, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Concession, Protected area, Environmental standards, EIA, Data collection/reporting, Authorization/permit, Standards, Protection of environment

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decreto Nº 625 - Reglamento ambiental de las actividades mineras.

Legislation | Ecuador | 1997

Keyword: Mining, Minerals, Exploration, EIA, Environmental audit, Environmental standards, Institution, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Protected area, Authorization/permit, Erosion, Pollution control, Soil pollution/quality, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Early warning system, Standards, Protection of environment

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

Acuerdo Nº 320 - Instructivo que regula el otorgamiento de autorizaciones para la instalación y operación de plantas de beneficio, fundición, refinación y construcción de relaveras.

Legislation | Ecuador | 2011

Keyword: Mining, Minerals, Exploration, EIA, Environmental audit, Environmental standards, Protected area, Authorization/permit, Erosion, Pollution control, Soil pollution/quality, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Early warning system, Standards, Protection of environment

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Decreto Nº 797 - Reglamento del régimen especial para el libre aprovechamiento de materiales de construcción para la obra pública.

Legislation | Ecuador | 2011

Keyword: Minerals, Mining, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Soil pollution/quality, EIA, Environmental standards, Authorization/permit, Concession, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Protected area, Standards, Protection of environment

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Acuerdo Nº 37 - Reforma el Reglamento Ambiental para Actividades Mineras (RAAM).

Legislation | Ecuador | 2014

Keyword: Mining, Minerals, Exploration, EIA, Environmental audit, Environmental standards, Institution, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Protected area, Authorization/permit, Erosion, Pollution control, Soil pollution/quality, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Early warning system, Standards, Protection of environment

Source: FAO, FAOLEX