Electronic Dialogue 2002
Conclusions

Deficiencies related to environmental enforcement and compliance are clearly identified problems in Latin America. What is the origin of this situation? Why is there a trend to non-compliance and non-enforcement of environmental requirements in Latin American countries? What is the
liability of each sector (public, private, civil society)?

The e-dialogue which took place in April, 2002, organized by FARN in collaboration with the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the World Bank, considered these questions, while emphasizing the following issues:

• Definition of Environmental Enforcement and Compliance and identification of main related concepts.
  
  
• Problems related to Environmental Enforcement and Compliance.
  
  

• Positive and Negative Experiences regarding solutions to the problems identified.

The conclusions of the e-dialogue do not only have an important value per se, but they also contributed to the agenda of the First Conference on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement in Latin America.

The conclusions to this document were made possible thanks to the extremely constructive and fruitful comments and contributions of its participants.⁽¹⁾ I would like to extend my recognition and thanks to the FARN-World Bank Institute work team. Also, many thanks to Adriana Bianchi, Ron Kim, Popi Kleiman, María Esperanza Alonso, Ariel Perez Castellón, and all those who contributed to the development of the e-dialogue.

• Theme 1: Definition of Compliance and Enforcement
  of Environmental Law

• Theme 2: Problems related to Identified Concepts
  of Environmental Compliance and Enforcement

• Theme 3: Positive and negative experiences

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1. E-dialogue participants: Miguel Aguerre, Graciela de Aramayo, Adriana Bianchi, Horacio Britos, Ivana Brunet, Aparicio Caicedo, José Luis Calderón Bartheneuf, Mariela Chervin, Urbelinda Ferrufino, María Marcela Flores, Teresa Flores Bedregal, Rodolfo Domanovich, Susana Forestello, Ignacio Gei, Roxana Glerean, Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Carlos Gonzalez Guzman, Aurora Juarez, Oscar Lascaray, Gustavo Laterza, Dolores Lavalle Cobo, Fortunato Martinez, Oscar Minolli, Francisco Neira, Silvia Nonna, Ramón Ojeda Mestre, Daniel Paz, Jorge Pedernera, Ariel Perez Castellón, Juan Picolotti, Daniela Slonimsky, Gastón Rodriguez Touron, Daniel Ryan, Lidia Saigg de Chialva, Angel Sanchez, Mabel Santoro, Mariana Tognetti, Juan Rodrigo Walsh, Bernardo Zabala, Max Zarate. [ Back ]