Cases / Law, regulation and treaties · Bolivia · 2011–2017
Bolivia's 2017 law lifted TIPNIS park immunity and cleared a road route
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Bolivia's Law 180 of 2011 declared the TIPNIS park inviolable. Law 969, passed on 13 August 2017, repealed it and cleared the way for a road through the park.
What?
Bolivia's Law 969 of 13 August 2017 repealed Law 180 of 2011, which had declared the TIPNIS park inviolable, and opened the way for a road through the park. Mongabay Latam
Where?
TIPNIS park, Bolivia Mongabay Latam
When?
2011 (Law 180); 13 August 2017 (Law 969) Mongabay Latam
Who?
Gained
- Promoters of the road through the park — legal path cleared by Law 969 of 2017; Mongabay Latam lists a 360-km route Mongabay Latam
Lost
- TIPNIS park — the 2011 inviolability status, removed by Law 969 in 2017 Mongabay Latam
Harmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Repeal by ordinary law of the 2011 inviolability provision. Mongabay Latam
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
After a 2011 march, Bolivia's Law 180 declared the TIPNIS park inviolable (Mongabay Latam, August 2017).
Law 969 of 13 August 2017 repealed Law 180 and opened the way for a road through the park (Mongabay Latam, August 2017).
Mongabay Latam (August 2017) lists the road as 360 kilometres long.
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Lawsuits and rulings
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Insurers
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What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record What the sources do not say: whether the road has been built, or how Law 969 was implemented after it passed.
- None on record What the sources do not say: whether indigenous communities of the TIPNIS area were consulted before the 2017 law.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
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Sources
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Press and investigations
- Mongabay Latam report on Law 969 and TIPNIS (August 2017)Mongabay Latam · 2017-08