Environmental

At C.R. & F. Rojas, our environmental team provides expert legal advice to both national and international companies across various economic sectors, including industrial, agricultural, aquaculture, aeronautical, construction, port, mining, and energy sectors. We excel in delivering significant value to our clients through our specialized environmental legal services.

Our Services Include:

• Environmental Management Instruments: We regularly advise clients on obtaining or modifying their environmental management instruments, such as Environmental Impact Studies, Environmental Management Adjustment Programs, Certificates of Non-Existence of Archaeological Remains, Archaeological Monitoring Plans, among others. Our deep understanding of this field allows us to preemptively clarify ambiguities and respond effectively to diverse observations, including those involving government authority competencies.
• Community Relations: We have extensive experience managing relationships with peasant and native communities, which is vital for the ongoing development of our clients’ activities. Our team has successfully handled complex relations across different regions of Bolivia, always ensuring practical solutions that foster long-term good relationships with communities. We have also successfully participated in Prior Consultation processes.
• Waste Management: Our environmental team specializes in various aspects of solid waste management, including the treatment and disposal of non-municipal, hazardous and non-hazardous waste, electronic and electrical equipment waste, used tires, construction waste, and wastewater disposal.
• Water Resource Rights Advisory: We have vast experience advising companies on water use rights, well rights recovery, and procedures before the National Water Authority and other relevant water authorities. Our deep case knowledge and understanding of the law allow us to work effectively, drawing on years of formed jurisprudence.
• Due Diligence: We conduct environmental regulatory compliance audits and create environmental matrices to ensure that our clients are in compliance with applicable regulations. We also assist our clients in fulfilling any internal or external audits, including those necessary for ISO certification.
• Administrative Sanction Procedures: We support our clients throughout all stages of administrative procedures, from supervision or initiation of the procedure, providing meticulous support to ensure that the proceedings initiated by various state entities such as the Environmental Assessment and Enforcement Agency, Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Culture, and others, are processed and decided in accordance with applicable regulations.