Keywords
Municipal environmental management
Medellín
Institutional authority
Forestry Statute
Aburrá Valley Metropolitan Area
Colombian environmental law
How to Cite
Abstract
Written by a legal contractor for the Municipality of Medellín, this article presents a legal analysis of the distribution of institutional authority over urban tree management in the city, across its various stages. The author examines the applicable regulatory framework, delineating the responsibilities among the Secretariat of the Environment, the Secretariat of Public Works, and the Aburrá Valley Metropolitan Area as environmental authority. The text explores in depth the legal controversy surrounding authority to approve pruning, felling, and relocation of urban trees, and proposes practical criteria for resolving overlapping jurisdiction, distinguishing the different legal treatment that should apply to native trees versus planted trees.
References
Decreto Municipal 0582 de 1996, Medellín.
Decreto Municipal 151 de 2002, Medellín.
Decreto Presidencial 1180 de 2003, Colombia.
Ley 99 de 1993, artículos 63 y 66, Colombia.
Decreto 1504 de 1998, Colombia.
Ley 632 de 2000, por la cual se modifican parcialmente las Leyes 142 y 143 de 1994, Colombia.
Ley 689 de 2001, por la cual se modifica parcialmente la Ley 142 de 1994, Colombia.
Decreto Presidencial 1791 de 1996, Colombia.
Decreto Ley 2811 de 1974, Código Nacional de Recursos Naturales Renovables, Colombia.
Decreto-Ley 1355 de 1970, Colombia.
Ley 16 de 1968, por la cual se reorganiza el Instituto Nacional de los Recursos Naturales Renovables, Colombia.
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