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COURSE INFO PROVIDER: Wetland Soils Course (SWS International Chapter meeting)
COURSE TITLE: An integrating perspective of wetlands in environmental impact assessment: advances in Chilean regulations

INSTRUCTORS Diana Isabel Quevedo Tejada

COURSE DESCRIPTION The course "An integrating perspective of wetlands in environmental impact assessment: advances in Chilean regulations" is a course where you will learn through 4 simple modules how Chile has been integrating the ecosystemic role of wetlands and their relationship in its regulatory and legal aspects with climate change. This vision of the Chilean government has been strongly developed during the last two decades, among others initiatives, through the Environmental Evaluation Service (SEA-Chile) creation in 2010. SEA-Chile oversees that environmental evaluation of projects is adjusted to established in the current laws, normative and regulation, promoting, and facilitating citizen participation in the evaluation of projects. In recent years, especially since 2019, the Chilean Government and the SEA-Chile have incorporated technical, regulatory, and legal aspects that make it easier for all project owners to evaluate their projects environmentally, integrating wetlands and Protection Objects (OP) into this evaluation (like Water, Soil and Flora and Fauna) from a current and future ecosystem perspective, under climate change. In this way, anticipation of possible impacts is promoted and it is now easier to visualize prevention, adaptation and mitigation measures.

Course Duration: 8
Credit Points: 0.50

SYLLABUS/TOPICAL OUTLINE Introduction to the Chilean Environmental Assessment System (SEA-Chile) and main concepts. Duration: 40 minutes. What is Chilean Environmental Assessment System (SEA-Chile) and its role in wetland protection. Definition and characteristics of wetlands. Categories of wetlands in Chile (Ramsar). Importance of wetlands in the ecosystem and for humans: SSEE Ecosystem Services Climate change impacts on wetlands: prevention, adaptation, mitigation? International regulatory framework (Duration: 1 hour) International conventions and agreements related to the protection of wetlands. Chilean laws and regulations relevant to the protection of wetlands and Climate Change. Government institutions and their role in wetland management. Chilean regulations for the protection of wetlands and Climate Change (Duration: 1 hour) Definition and justification of the AI area of influence Environmental impact evaluation Support platforms and databases Challenges in the implementation of the regulations Comparison with the Colombian regulatory and legal framework (Duration: 1 hour) Exploration of the most relevant Colombian laws and regulations in relation to wetlands and climate change. Discussion on the approaches and legal mechanisms used in Colombia for the protection of wetlands. Comparison and analysis between both regulations: challenges and opportunity Conclusion and closing (Duration: 10 minutes) Recap of the key points discussed during the class. Summary of the similarities and differences between the Chilean and Colombian regulations. Motivation to deepen the study and monitoring of the regulations and their application in the protection of wetlands and the mitigation of climate change.

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Tatiana Lobato de Magalhaes
Av de las Ciencias, Queretaro, QRO 76230
tatilobato@gmail.com
P: 4423315265
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