{"id":10257,"date":"2026-10-26T03:32:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T03:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/observatoirenature.org\/observatorio\/?p=10257"},"modified":"2026-10-26T15:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:48:14","slug":"dieciocho-anos-de-los-derechos-de-la-naturaleza-en-ecuador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/observatoirenature.org\/observatorio\/es\/2026\/10\/26\/dieciocho-anos-de-los-derechos-de-la-naturaleza-en-ecuador\/","title":{"rendered":"Dieciocho a\u00f1os de los derechos de la naturaleza en Ecuador"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10257\" class=\"elementor elementor-10257\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3593d1d8 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-full_width post-cover hero elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3593d1d8\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dieciocho a\u00f1os de los derechos de la naturaleza en Ecuador<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7cf0f8a0 elementor-section-full_width social-icons-sticky elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7cf0f8a0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;],&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_anchor_link_offset&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5563e4ac\" data-id=\"5563e4ac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36c3b1bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36c3b1bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a style=\"color: #25836a;\" href=\"https:\/\/observatoirenature.org\/observatorio\/es\/bienvenida\/\">Inicio<\/a> | <a style=\"color: #25836a;\" href=\"\/observatorio\/blog2\/\">Blog | <\/a><span style=\"color: #3cba39;\">Dieciocho a\u00f1os de los derechos de la Naturaleza en Ecuador<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-397d1a0d section-article-date e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"397d1a0d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55a1e42e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"55a1e42e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cebea85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3cebea85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Publicado: Oct 26, 2026 | 08:30 am <span id=\"dateDifference\"><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15cde71a elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"15cde71a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<script>\r\n  \/\/ Function to calculate difference in days\r\n  function calculateDaysSinceDate(dateString) {\r\n    const startDate = new Date(dateString);\r\n    const currentDate = new Date();\r\n\r\n    \/\/ Calculate difference in time\r\n    const differenceInTime = currentDate.getTime() - startDate.getTime();\r\n\r\n    \/\/ Calculate difference in days\r\n    const differenceInDays = Math.ceil(differenceInTime \/ (1000 * 3600 * 24));\r\n\r\n    return differenceInDays;\r\n  }\r\n\r\n  \/\/ Target date in \"Month day, year hours:minutes:seconds\" format\r\n  const targetDate = \"October 26, 2026 08:30:00 EST\";\r\n\r\n  \/\/ Convert target date to UTC considering the EST timezone (-5 hours)\r\n  const targetDateUTC = new Date(new Date(targetDate).getTime() - (5*60*60*1000)).toUTCString();\r\n\r\n  \/\/ Calculate days since the date\r\n  const daysSince = calculateDaysSinceDate(targetDateUTC);\r\n\r\n  \/\/ Display the result\r\n  document.getElementById(\"dateDifference\").innerText = `(Hace ${daysSince} d\u00edas)`;\r\n<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-483e0e65 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"483e0e65\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ee35602 order-1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4ee35602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e94fc16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e94fc16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Por: Hugo Echeverr\u00eda<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45d61f5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"45d61f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-759d245e order-1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"759d245e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42fab3d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42fab3d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hace dieciocho a\u00f1os Ecuador tom\u00f3 una decisi\u00f3n que cambi\u00f3 para siempre la relaci\u00f3n entre el derecho y la Naturaleza: el 20 de octubre del 2008 entr\u00f3 en vigencia la primera Constituci\u00f3n del mundo que reconoce a la Naturaleza como sujeto de derechos.<\/p><p>Dieciocho a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, Ecuador cuenta con una experiencia \u00fanica en la aplicaci\u00f3n de estos nuevos derechos. A pesar de ser un pa\u00eds regido por el sistema de derecho civil, el contenido de los derechos de la Naturaleza ha sido dotado por la jurisprudencia. Y no ha sido tarea f\u00e1cil; pero, es una tarea que avanza d\u00eda a d\u00eda.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d3c9f55 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4d3c9f55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38eb9889 order-1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38eb9889\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92ef17a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92ef17a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Analizando la experiencia ecuatoriana puede concluirse que los derechos de la Naturaleza se caracterizan por su autonom\u00eda, <em>complementariedad<\/em> y efectividad:<\/p><ul><li>En Ecuador, los derechos de la Naturaleza no son un ap\u00e9ndice de los derechos ambientales ni de otro derecho constitucional; sino que son aut\u00f3nomos, por su titularidad (Naturaleza), objeto (respeto y no solo protecci\u00f3n) y base axiol\u00f3gica (valor intr\u00ednseco y no solo valor econ\u00f3mico como recurso natural).<\/li><li>Los derechos de la Naturaleza son una consecuencia, <em>inter alia<\/em>, de la inefectividad cr\u00f3nica de otras disciplinas jur\u00eddicas para afrontar los desaf\u00edos ambientales. El caso del r\u00edo Mach\u00e1ngara, en Quito, refleja esta realidad: en el pasado, este r\u00edo fue limpio y fue un importante lugar de encuentro y esparcimiento ciudadano. Hoy es un r\u00edo altamente contaminado y un lugar no apto para ninguna actividad humana. Ni el C\u00f3digo Civil, ni la ley de agua, ni la ley ambiental lograron detener el da\u00f1o ambiental acumulado por d\u00e9cadas. En 2024, el r\u00edo gan\u00f3 un in\u00e9dito caso fundamentado en los derechos de la Naturaleza, y hoy su restauraci\u00f3n est\u00e1 en fase inicial.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59c8ef4f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"59c8ef4f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a3daf71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2a3daf71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/observatoirenature.org\/observatorio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ddn-ecuador-registro-oficial-2008-688x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10299\" 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https:\/\/observatoirenature.org\/observatorio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ddn-ecuador-lago-panorama-300x88.jpg 300w, https:\/\/observatoirenature.org\/observatorio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ddn-ecuador-lago-panorama-768x226.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d98972d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d98972d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65d8aeb4\" data-id=\"65d8aeb4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e681511 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2e681511\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/observatoirenature.org\/observatorio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ddn-ecuador-hugo-echeverria-576x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10263\" alt=\"ddn-ecuador-hugo-echeverria\" srcset=\"https:\/\/observatoirenature.org\/observatorio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ddn-ecuador-hugo-echeverria-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/observatoirenature.org\/observatorio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ddn-ecuador-hugo-echeverria-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/observatoirenature.org\/observatorio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ddn-ecuador-hugo-echeverria.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6260c6f4 order-1\" data-id=\"6260c6f4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fc91a05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fc91a05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Los derechos de la Naturaleza no pretenden detener el desarrollo; sino que pretenden un desarrollo \u201cverdaderamente sostenible\u201d: as\u00ed lo explica la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos en la Opini\u00f3n Consultiva OC-32\/25. Se trata de hacer bien las cosas. Por eso, la Corte Constitucional del Ecuador ha emitido jurisprudencia orientada a que las decisiones estatales integren a la Naturaleza de manera sustancial y no tan solo formal. As\u00ed, por ejemplo: (i) se declar\u00f3 la inconstitucionalidad de normas que pretend\u00edan ampliar la frontera acu\u00edcola industrial, en desmedro del ecosistema de manglar; (ii) se declar\u00f3 la inconstitucionalidad de normas reglamentarias que pretend\u00edan desviar el cauce de r\u00edos, sin regulaci\u00f3n legal previa; (iii) se dej\u00f3 sin efecto autorizaciones administrativas ambientales incompatibles con el respeto integral a la Naturaleza; y (iv) se declar\u00f3 a los animales como sujetos de derechos, tendiendo un puente con los principios y reglas del Derecho Animal.<\/li><li>Los derechos de la Naturaleza no debilitan los derechos humanos. Todo lo contrario: los derechos de la Naturaleza los fortalecen. As\u00ed lo entendi\u00f3 la Corte Constitucional del Ecuador al mantener la constitucionalidad de la norma legal que proh\u00edbe la pesca industrial en las primeras ocho millas de mar territorial, zona reservada a la pesca artesanal de bajo impacto ambiental; y, tambi\u00e9n a la migraci\u00f3n de especies marinas emblem\u00e1ticas para el pa\u00eds, como la ballena jorobada. Pescadores y ballenas amparados por los derechos de la Naturaleza. La uni\u00f3n hace la fuerza: esta, talvez, sea la lecci\u00f3n m\u00e1s importante de la experiencia ecuatoriana en esta materia. A este efecto, la Corte Constitucional del Ecuador lo denomina <em>complementariedad<\/em>. Y, la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos lo denomina <em>interdependencia.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-334d3c2e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"334d3c2e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6883eec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6883eec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>En Ecuador, los derechos de la Naturaleza llegan a su edad adulta con una corta pero intensa trayectoria, la que no est\u00e1 exenta de controversia: en 2025 se intent\u00f3 -sin \u00e9xito- debilitar su estatus constitucional. Al parecer los votantes ecuatorianos, j\u00f3venes en su mayor\u00eda, valoran a la Naturaleza en alto grado; y, valoran los derechos de la Naturaleza que, como ellos, son hijos del Siglo XXI.<\/p>\n<p>Los derechos de la Naturaleza no son perfectos ni ofrecen cambios inmediatos: los tiempos jur\u00eddicos son m\u00e1s bien lentos. S\u00ed: hay altos y bajos en su aplicaci\u00f3n. A pesar de todo, los derechos de la Naturaleza persisten en Ecuador y est\u00e1n siguiendo el curso de aquellas buenas ideas que llegan para quedarse. Lo mismo ocurre en el mundo: ahora mismo, en la ONU se analiza una iniciativa para adoptar una Declaraci\u00f3n Universal de los Derechos de la Naturaleza; el a\u00f1o pasado, la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos reconoci\u00f3 a la Naturaleza como sujeto de derechos; y, desde hace a\u00f1os, varios pa\u00edses -de diversos sistemas jur\u00eddicos- han adoptado este nuevo concepto a trav\u00e9s de sentencias y leyes.<\/p>\n<p>Hoy vivimos un mundo que afronta una compleja triple crisis ambiental. Los derechos de la Naturaleza pueden aportar para que esta crisis sea afrontada de una mejor manera. Talvez sea el momento de innovar y no seguir tropezando en la misma roca.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a4a83a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a4a83a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>*Las fotos muestran a\u00f1os de labor <em>pro Natura<\/em>: ha sido una experiencia que la volver\u00eda a repetir. Sin duda.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inicio | Blog | Dieciocho a\u00f1os de los derechos de la Naturaleza en Ecuador Publicado: Oct 26, 2026 | 08:30 am Por: Hugo Echeverr\u00eda Hace dieciocho a\u00f1os Ecuador tom\u00f3 una decisi\u00f3n que cambi\u00f3 para siempre la relaci\u00f3n entre el derecho y la Naturaleza: el 20 de octubre del 2008 entr\u00f3 en vigencia la primera Constituci\u00f3n 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