{"id":50042377,"date":"2021-04-22T16:28:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T15:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.dialogochino.net\/?p=42377"},"modified":"2022-11-09T20:21:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T20:21:23","slug":"42377-historic-escazu-agreement-enters-into-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/justice\/42377-historic-escazu-agreement-enters-into-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Escaz\u00fa Agreement enters into force"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Escaz\u00fa Agreement<\/a>, the first regional environmental agreement in Latin America and the Caribbean, is officially operational today after ratification by 12 countries in the region<\/a>. Its implementation will guarantee access to environmental information, help protect environmental defenders and ensure public participation in environmental decisions.<\/p>\n

The agreement was approved in 2018 by the UN\u2019s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) after a six-year negotiation process. Its activation required the ratification of at least 11 countries, a goal that was surpassed in late 2020 with the ratification of Argentina and Mexico.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cEscaz\u00fa is a response from the region with a set of common problems from the loss of biodiversity to the problems of exercising rights,\u201d said Andr\u00e9s N\u00e1poli, executive director of the Fundaci\u00f3n Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN) in Argentina.<\/p>\n

The agreement opened the door to complex internal discussions at the national level, even among countries that had originally promoted it, such as Chile<\/a>, Peru and Costa Rica, which have not yet ratified it. However, civil society members that have followed the negotiation of the agreement in stalling countries hope their governments will soon sign up.<\/p>\n

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