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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.

 

Cumulative effects and Environmental Impact Assessment in Chile

Authors

  • Patricio Walker Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • Ricardo Irarrázabal Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Abstract

This paper analyzes the current environmental regulation in Chile related to Cumulative Effects Assessment, and it explores how the United States, Canada, the European Union and relevant non-governmental organizations have addressed this topic. It is suggested that our regulation has not been influenced by the international experience in this field. In fact, it does not address this issue in an explicit and consistent manner. The current approach shows also limitations in practice to deal with cumulative effects within the Environmental Impact Assessment, as it is shown in a case study and in literature discussions. It is concluded that the current environmental management system is not suited to deal with cumulative effects assessment and management. It is therefore imperative to update the regulation and work on the development of integrated environmental policies, which are key elements to address this issue.

Keywords:

Environmental Impact Assessment, cumulative effects, environmental management