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Guatemala

Ley de caza

Legislative area:
Environmental Legislation

Number of the law:
36-2004

Date of enactment:
11/24/2004

Status:
In force

Topic:

Agriculture, forestry, livestock and food system

Impacted economic sector:

Agriculture, forestry, livestock, fishing and food system
Guatemala

Ley de educación ambiental

Legislative area:
Environmental Legislation

Number of the law:
38-2010

Date of enactment:
11/09/2010

Status:
In force

Topic:

Awareness and environmental education
Guatemala

Convención internacional de protección fitosanitaria,1951.

Legislative area:
Environmental Legislation

Number of the law:
6

Date of enactment:
05/12/1955

Status:
In force

Topic:

International instrument

Agriculture, forestry, livestock and food system
Guatemala

Ley de hidrocarburos

Legislative area:
Environmental Legislation

Number of the law:
109-1983

Date of enactment:
09/15/1983

Status:
In force

Topic:

Energy

Impacted economic sector:

Energy
Guatemala

Ley de áreas protegidas

Legislative area:
Environmental Legislation

Number of the law:
4-1989

Date of enactment:
02/07/1989

Status:
In force

Topic:

Ecosystems, biodiversity and protected areas
Guatemala

Ley que declara área protegida el refugio de vida silvestre "punta de manabique"

Legislative area:
Environmental Legislation

Number of the law:
23-2005

Date of enactment:
02/17/2005

Status:
In force

Topic:

Ecosystems, biodiversity and protected areas
Guatemala

Ley que declara el día del agua y que fomenta la campaña nacional « cuidemos el agua »

Legislative area:
Environmental Legislation

Number of the law:
17-2014

Date of enactment:
06/13/2014

Status:
In force

Topic:

Water

Awareness and environmental education
Guatemala

Convenio sobre alta mar, 1958.

Legislative area:
Environmental Legislation

Number of the law:
14-1994

Date of enactment:
10/17/1961

Status:
In force

Topic:

International instrument

Sea, oceans and fishing
Guatemala

La ley de protección y mejoramiento del medio ambiente

Legislative area:
Environmental Legislation

Number of the law:
66-1986

Date of enactment:
12/05/1986

Status:
In force

Topic:

Environmental framework law
Guatemala

Convenio centroamericano para la protección del ambiente, 1989, y protocolo al convenio de creación de la ccad, 1992.

Legislative area:
Environmental Legislation

Number of the law:
12-1990

Date of enactment:
02/28/1990

Status:
In force

Topic:

International instrument

Ecosystems, biodiversity and protected areas
Guatemala

Ley que declara área protegida el monumento natural semuc-champey

Legislative area:
Environmental Legislation

Number of the law:
25-2005

Date of enactment:
02/17/2005

Status:
In force

Topic:

Ecosystems, biodiversity and protected areas
Guatemala

Ley de fomento al establecimiento, recuperación, restauración, manejo, producción y protección de bosques en guatemala – probosque

Legislative area:
Environmental Legislation

Number of the law:
2-2015

Date of enactment:
10/27/2015

Status:
In force

Topic:

Ecosystems, biodiversity and protected areas

Agriculture, forestry, livestock and food system

Impacted economic sector:

Agriculture, forestry, livestock, fishing and food system
Guatemala

Tratado de prohibición de pruebas nucleares en la atmósfera, el espacio exterior y bajo el agua, 1963.

Legislative area:
Environmental Legislation

Number of the law:
135

Date of enactment:
11/19/1963

Status:
In force

Topic:

International instrument
Guatemala

Convenio de viena para la protección de la capa de ozono, 1985.

Legislative area:
Environmental Legislation

Number of the law:
39-1987

Date of enactment:
07/08/1987

Status:
In force

Topic:

International instrument

Air quality
Guatemala

Convenio para la conservación de la biodiversidad y protección de áreas silvestres prioritarias en américa central, 1992.

Legislative area:
Environmental Legislation

Number of the law:
Convenio 256

Date of enactment:
10/10/1993

Status:
In force

Topic:

International instrument

Ecosystems, biodiversity and protected areas
Guatemala

Ley del sistema nacional de seguridad alimentaria y nutricional

Legislative area:
Environmental Legislation

Number of the law:
32-2005

Date of enactment:
05/02/2005

Status:
In force

Topic:

Agriculture, forestry, livestock and food system

Impacted economic sector:

Agriculture, forestry, livestock, fishing and food system
Guatemala

Ley que declara área protegida el area de usos múltiples hawaii

Legislative area:
Environmental Legislation

Number of the law:
16-2016

Date of enactment:
03/11/2016

Status:
In force

Topic:

Ecosystems, biodiversity and protected areas
Guatemala

Tratado para la proscripción de armas nucleares en américa latina, 1967.

Legislative area:
Environmental Legislation

Number of the law:
70-1969

Date of enactment:
12/09/1969

Status:
In force

Topic:

International instrument
Guatemala

Convención sobre la prohibición de utilizar técnicas de modificación ambiental con fines militares u otros fines hostiles, 1976.

Legislative area:
Environmental Legislation

Number of the law:
77-1987

Date of enactment:
11/12/1987

Status:
In force

Topic:

International instrument
Guatemala

Convenio constitutivo del organismo internacional regional de sanidad agropecuaria, 1987.

Legislative area:
Environmental Legislation

Number of the law:
19-1993

Date of enactment:
06/15/1993

Status:
In force

Topic:

International instrument

Agriculture, forestry, livestock and food system

Parlamentarians

César Augusto Amézquita Del Valle

Congreso de la República de Guatemala
- Diputado
- Comisión del Ambiente, Ecología y Recursos Naturales / Comisión de Relaciones Exteriores / Comisión de Gobernación / Comisión de Derechos Humanos / Comisión de Salud y Asistencia Social
Titular
César Augusto Amézquita Del Valle

Congress of the Republic of Guatemala
- Congressman
- Committee on Environment, Ecology, and Natural Resources / Committee on Foreign Affairs / Committee on Governance / Committee on Human Rights / Committee on Health and Social Welfare
Chair
César Augusto Amézquita Del Valle

Congresso da República da Guatemala
- Deputado
- Comissão de Meio Ambiente, Ecologia e Recursos Naturais / Comissão de Relações Exteriores / Comissão de Governança / Comissão de Direitos Humanos / Comissão de Saúde e Assistência Social
Titular
Samuel Pérez Alvarez

Congreso de la República de Guatemala
- Congressman
- Comisión de Finanzas Públicas y Moneda
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Framework legislation on climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean. Legislative Bulletin

Guatemala

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Evolution of environmental laws in the region over time

Topics addressed by environmental legislation

Environmental legislation and its impact on economic sectors

List of environmental laws

Ley de caza

Ley de educación ambiental

Convención internacional de protección fitosanitaria,1951.

Ley de hidrocarburos

Ley de áreas protegidas

Ley que declara área protegida el refugio de vida silvestre "punta de manabique"

Ley que declara el día del agua y que fomenta la campaña nacional « cuidemos el agua »

Convenio sobre alta mar, 1958.

La ley de protección y mejoramiento del medio ambiente

Convenio centroamericano para la protección del ambiente, 1989, y protocolo al convenio de creación de la ccad, 1992.

Ley que declara área protegida el monumento natural semuc-champey

Ley de fomento al establecimiento, recuperación, restauración, manejo, producción y protección de bosques en guatemala – probosque

Tratado de prohibición de pruebas nucleares en la atmósfera, el espacio exterior y bajo el agua, 1963.

Convenio de viena para la protección de la capa de ozono, 1985.

Convenio para la conservación de la biodiversidad y protección de áreas silvestres prioritarias en américa central, 1992.

Ley del sistema nacional de seguridad alimentaria y nutricional

Ley que declara área protegida el area de usos múltiples hawaii

Tratado para la proscripción de armas nucleares en américa latina, 1967.

Convención sobre la prohibición de utilizar técnicas de modificación ambiental con fines militares u otros fines hostiles, 1976.

Convenio constitutivo del organismo internacional regional de sanidad agropecuaria, 1987.

Parlamentarians

César Augusto Amézquita Del Valle

César Augusto Amézquita Del Valle

César Augusto Amézquita Del Valle

Samuel Pérez Alvarez

Dissemination resources

Framework legislation on climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean. Legislative Bulletin

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