US EditionMarcelo Mena for the Withdrawal of 43 Environmental Decrees: “Reverting What Was Achieved Is Not What People Are Looking For”
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The former Minister of Environment of the second government of Michelle Bachelet, Marcelo Mena, criticized this day the controversial decision of the current Executive to withdraw 43 decrees presented during the previous government.Among these decrees already withdrawn was the declaration of natural monument of the Humboldt penguin, the Reserva Nacional Salar de Pedernales, and the initiative that sought to establish the norm of emission for the…
The decision of the new government of President José Antonio Kast to withdraw a series of decrees that were being processed by the Comptroller General of the Republic, among them one that sought to strengthen the protection of the Humboldt penguin, has generated concern in the scientific and environmental world. The measure was adopted by the Ministry of the Environment, which announced the revision of different decrees elaborated during the pre…
The measure temporarily halted regulations concerning new protected areas, biodiversity, and recycling. The Ministry states that it is reviewing their legality before proceeding with the process. The new administration at the Ministry of the Environment explains that this is standard administrative practice at the start of a new term. The creation of new national parks, the protection of the Humboldt penguin, and key recycling regulations have b…
Recently, the Ministry of the Environment of the Kast government made the decision to withdraw 43 decrees pending in Comptroller’s office that were stipulated during the mandate of Gabriel Boric. Among the resolutions that are at risk there are new tools that seek to protect the Humboldt penguin, which was recently classified as a species in danger of extinction. This decision generated great concern among experts and environmental organizations…
On March 12, 2026, just 24 hours after assuming the presidency, José Antonio Kast ordered to stop more than 40 environmental decrees that were in the last step of their legal process. One office — the No. 01707/2026, signed by the newly appointed Under-Secretary of the Environment, José Ignacio Vial Barros — was sufficient to remove from the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic rules that had taken years to be designed, which had pa…
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