Table 1 Applicability (A) of legal standards affecting Chile’s inland wetlands depending on what it protects or preserves, hierarchy (J) and protection value (PV) of each legal rule, as well as it total value protection

Act N°19,300

Environment

3

3

6

DS N° 531 Washington Convention

Flora and fauna in protected area systems

1

1

2

DS N°141 CITES

Components (flora and fauna)

1

1

2

DL N° 3,485 Ramsar Convention

Systems (wetland)

3

2

5

DS N° 868 Migration of species

Component (fauna)

1

1

2

Decree N° 1,963 Convention in biodiversity

Biological diversity

3

1

4

Act N° 11,402 Barrier works and standardization of bank and channel

Reforestation river basin (headwaters)

2

3

5

Act N° 17,288 National Monuments

Sites (Research interests)

1

3

4

Act N° 18,892 Fishery and Agricultural Standards

Components (fauna, such as hydro-biological resources (fisheries and aquaculture))

2

3

5

Act N° 18,902 Sanitary health superintendency creation; liquid industrial residues control

Component (water quality for human purposes)

1

3

4

Act N° 19,473 Hunting Law

Components (fauna)

1

3

4

DFL N° 208 Provisions for development of fishing activities

Components (water quality, fish, and seafood)

1

2

3

DFL N° 701 About forest development

Components (soil for quality purposes/water quantity for irrigation and drinking)

1

2

3

Act N° 20.283 Native Forest Recovery and Forestry Development rule

Components (native forest associated to springs, natural bodies, and water courses)

3

3

6

Act N° 20,256 Recreational fishing standards

Ecosystem

3

3

6

Act N° 20,411 Prevents constitution of water rights

Components (aquifer)

1

3

4

DFL N° 725 Sanitary Health Legal Standards

Art. 73

Components (quality/water quantity and human health)

1

2

3

DFL N° 1,122 Water Legal Standards

Components (water supply quantity for human use)

2

2

4

DS N° 1 Regulations for water pollution control

Components (water supply quantity for human use)

1

1

2

DS N° 5 Hunting law approval

Components (fauna)

1

1

2

DS N° 29 Approval of classification standards according to wild species conservation conditions

Components (wild species)

1

1

2

DS N° 30 Law 19,300

Systems (wetland)

3

1

4

DS N° 46 Groundwater emission standards

Components (water supply quantity for human use)

1

1

2

DS N° 33 Classification process of species according to conservation condition

Components (wild species)

1

1

2

DS N° 41 Classification process of species according to conservation condition

Components (wild species)

1

1

2

DS N° 42 Classification process of species according to conservation condition

Components (wild species)

1

1

2

DS N° 51 Classification process of species according to conservation condition

Components (ichthyofauna species)

1

1

2

DS N° 82 Soil, water, and wetlands legal standards

Act N° 20,283

Systems (bodies and natural waterflows)

3

1

4

DS N° 90 Standards for liquid residues discharge into surface freshwater

Components (water quality in four types of use)

1

1

2

DS N° 95 Environmental Quality Standards Law

Components (water quality for human and environmental health)

2

1

3

DS N° 93 (2009) Native Forest Recovery Law

Components (native forest with soil, water, and wetland protection areas)

3

1

4

DS N° 193 Law Decree 701 General rules

Components (soil, courses and water bodies, flora and fauna)

1

1

2

DS N° 210 Reforestation and recreational fishing standards

Components (ichthyofauna)

1

1

2

DS N° 236 Standards for disposals not discharged to sewage network

Components (water quality for human consumption)

1

1

2

DS N° 238 Park and marine reserves standards (including inland waters)

Systems (wetland)

3

1

4

DS N° 320 Aquaculture environmental standards

Systems (river and lake)

2

1

3

DS N° 430 Reviewed document for fisheries and aquaculture Law

Systems (river and lake)

2

1

3

DS N° 594 Health and work place environmental condition standards

Components (groundwaters and surface waters)

1

1

2

DS N° 351 Industrial liquid residues discharge depuration and neutralization standards

Components (groundwaters and surface waters)

1

1

2

DS N° 609 Standards for industrial liquid residues to sewerage

Components (surface water quality)

1

1

2

DS N° 4,363 Forest law approval

Components (native plants associated to wellsprings)

2

1

3

DS N° 2,374 Standards for forest exploitation in forest watersheds and dams

Components (forests in watersheds)

1

1

2

Decree N° 878 Prohibition to extractive native fish in inland waters

Components (ichthyofauna)

1

1

2

NCh N° 1,333/87 Chilean standard for water quality

Components (water quality for aquatic life)

2

1

3

Secondary standards for environmental quality

Components (water quality for aquatic life)

3

1

4

Resolution N° 425 Groundwater exploration and exploitation standards

Components (water quality for aquatic life)

2

1

3

Resolution N° 197 Loa River reduction to new exploitation feeding

Components (water)

2

1

3

Total protection value

144