Abstract

SANCHEZ INFANTAS, Edgar  and  FALERO SANCHEZ, Mariza. Peruvian laws on environmental quality: which paradigm explains them?. Ecol. apl. [online]. 2015, vol.14, n.2, pp.163-174. ISSN 1726-2216.

Peruvian laws on environmental quality have been analyzed by means of content analysis. Three levels have been involved: general objectives of ecosystem management, the nature of the ecosystem to be managed and the specific objectives and instruments used by the ecosystem management. Peruvian laws conceptualize the ecosystem almost as a complex adaptive system but the specific management objectives and the instruments used to manage the ecosystem do not take into consideration such approach; instead, management instruments seem to assume that the ecosystem is in steady state. These inconsistencies may be a consequence of nonsufficient epistemological reflection when the laws were elaborated or may be the consequence of a competitive process between the paradigm that sees nature as being in a steady state and the paradigm that sees nature as evolving permanently.

Keywords : Environmental laws; Environmental quality; Paradigm; Diversity; Management; Involvement.

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