Efectividad del decreto 2041 del 2014 sobre las licencias ambientales en Colombia (Sector Minero)

Abstract

The objective of this article is to establish if the State guarantees the protection of the environment by expediting the procedures for the issuance of environmental licenses in the mining sector with the issuance of Decree 2041 of 2014; To achieve this, three specific objectives were formulated: 1.- To examine the obligation of protection to the environment that concerns the Colombian State; 2.- Analyze Decree 2041 of 2014 regarding the issuance of environmental licenses; and 3.- Identify the scope of Decree 2041 of 2014 for the protection of the environment in the mining exploitation. The methodology used was applied. It can be inferred that the Colombian State does not guarantee the protection of the environment by streamlining the procedures for granting environmental licenses and that the flexibilities that are made on this point are in keeping with the interests of the National Government to provide the legal means that allowed compliance with the Plan. National Development Agency 2010-2014 and specifically activate the "locomotives of economic development" in areas such as mining, among others, which would later be expanded with the presentation of the National Development Plan 2014-2018 All for a new country.