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Decreto Nº 59 - Reglamenta el proceso de evaluación de impacto ambiental.

Country/Territory
Panama
Document type
Regulation
Date
2000
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen., Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Ecosystem preservation Environmental audit Environmental standards EIA Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Data collection/reporting Institution Standards Protection of environment Waste management Pollution control Hazardous substances
Geographical area
Americas, Central America, East Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, North-East Pacific, South-Eastern Pacific
Abstract

El presente reglamento establece las disposiciones por las cuales se regirá el proceso de evaluación de impacto ambiental (EIA), de acuerdo a lo previsto en la Ley General de Ambiente, y dispone que los nuevos proyectos de inversión, públicos y privados, de carácter nacional, regional o local, que estén incluidas en la lista taxativa contenida en el artículo 14 de este reglamento, deberán someterse al proceso de EIA antes de iniciar su realización.

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References - Legislation

Implements

Ley Nº 41 - Texto Único de la Ley General de Ambiente. Texto refundido.

Legislation | Panama | 1998 (2015)

Keyword: Framework law, Protection of environment, Policy/planning, Environmental planning, Ecosystem preservation, Institution, EIA, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Environmental standards, Inspection, Hazards, Offences/penalties, Pollution control, Special fund, Research, Climate change, Sustainable development, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information, Indigenous peoples, Standards, Soil pollution/quality, Erosion, Soil rehabilitation, Land-use planning, Waste management, Hazardous substances, Freshwater resources management, Sustainable use, Biodiversity, Protected area, Wetlands, Genetic resources, Tourism

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Decreto Nº 209 - Reglamenta el proceso de evaluación de impacto ambiental.

Legislation | Panama | 2006

Keyword: Ecosystem preservation, Environmental audit, Environmental standards, EIA, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Data collection/reporting, Institution, Standards, Protection of environment, Waste management, Pollution control, Hazardous substances

Source: FAO, FAOLEX