Summary
On 22 September 2011, the Provincial Court of Justice of Pastaza ruled on a protection action (No. 171-2011) confirming the execution of the tigre river treatment plant project to expand and improve the drinking water system of Mera Canton, Province of Pastaza. The director of the Ministry of the Environment in Pastaza (David Ricardo Salvador Peña), filed an extraordinary protection action with the Constitutional Court to annul the judicial decision issued by the provincial court.
The Constitutional Court admitted the case on 11 April 2012. On September 2015, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador accepted the appeal for protection filed by David Ricardo Salvador Peña, alleging the lack of legal motivation on the possibility of not guaranteeing fundamental rights, such as the one recognized in the Ecuadorian Constitution on the rights of nature, environmental protection, and good living.
Suggested Citation:
Kauffman, Craig, Catherine Haas, Alex Putzer, Shrishtee Bajpai, Kelsey Leonard, Elizabeth Macpherson, Pamela Martin, Alessandro Pelizzon & Linda Sheehan. Eco Jurisprudence Monitor. V2. 2026. Distributed by the Eco Jurisprudence Monitor. https://ecojurisprudence.org/initiatives/del-rio-tigre-treatment-plant/.
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