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Environmental Law Journal becomes part of Scielo Chile

The publication edited by the Environmental Law Center will be part of an open access collection of Chilean scientific journals in all areas of knowledge.

The Environmental Law Journal, edited by the Environmental Law Center of the Law School of the University of Chile, was admitted to be part of the SciELO - Chile Scientific Electronic Library.

SciELO - Chile is an open access collection of texts from Chilean scientific journals, from all areas of knowledge, which predominantly publish articles resulting from scientific research, and which uses peer review of the manuscripts they receive, which show a growing performance in the indicators of compliance with the indexing criteria.

"We are very pleased with this recognition, which is the result of an effort of continuous improvement of the editorial processes developed by the editorial team, which has resulted in the growing increase in the quality of the articles published over the years," said the director of the Journal, Prof. Valentina Durán Medina, adding "we are grateful for the support of the Faculty, which through its Dean, Prof. Pablo Ruiz-Tagle, and the Journals Program of the Research Department, headed by Prof. Daniel Álvarez, has provided permanent support to the work of the journal."

"Once the collaboration agreement between the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile and the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) is signed, the full incorporation of the journal to this collection will take place, starting in 2022" explained the editor Jorge Ossandón Rosales.

This good news is in addition to the admission, in 2020, of the Environmental Law Journal to the SCOPUS database.

As a result, in 2022 the Environmental Law Journal will already be indexed in Scopus, Redib, DOAJ and Latindex, in addition to ScIELO, with the support of SISIB and the Journals Program of the Research Department of the Law School of the Universidad of Chile.

It should be noted that Issue 16 of this biannual journal will be published on December 31.

 

Forest governance in Colombia and Ecuador

Authors

  • Daniel Barragán Terán Universidad de los Hemisferios
  • Lina Muñoz Ávila University of Rosario

Abstract

Colombia and Ecuador are rich countries in natural resources and, in particular, have large areas covered by forests. Much of these territories serve as a habitat for peasant and ethnic communities, provide multiple ecosystem services and play a decisive role in the fight against climate change. This wealth is contrasted with high numbers of deforestation and soil degradation, caused by factors such as illegal logging, expansion of the agricultural and livestock frontier and mining, among others. Many rural communities base their economies on the commercialization of wild fauna and flora and timber and non-timber products. Achieving a balance between conservation and sustainable use of forest resources is a challenge of enormous magnitude for those countries. This article proposes that guaranteeing access to information, public participation and environmental justice in forestry matters, strengthens forest governance and generates economic, social and environmental benefits, for the State, the private sector and communities. Incorporating the different actors of the forest chain in the management and administration of forests will contribute to reduce the number of environmental conflicts in this sector in Colombia and Ecuador.

Keywords:

Forest Governance, Environmental Democracy, Sustainable Development