Protection against crimes against nature, at the VIII Jornadas de Derecho y Montaña de Jaca.
On November 14 and 15, the Palacio de Congreso will host the eighth edition with leading jurists and representatives of institutions and entities related to the preservation of the environment.
The VIII Conference on Law and Mountains will deepen on 14 and 15 November at the Palacio de Congresos de Jaca in the regulatory framework in which the activities and life in the mountains and in general in the environment of the people of Aragon, with the alert on crimes against nature and the debate on the laws of different areas. The provincial deputy Sergio Serra recalled the specific orographic conditions of the province of Huesca, more than half of which is mountainous, combining climate, landscape, agriculture and livestock. The mountain is “a vitally important way of life” and protecting the mountains is also part of the way of life. It is essential to
“to know the regulations that affect institutions, primary sector and tourism. And it is a responsibility Both the people who practice sport and the institutions, in this case the Provincial Council, a development that does not conflict with the ecology, tourism and the way of life of their people. José María Orús, director of the Congress, has emphasized that, behind these conferences that already have eight editions, underlies the importance of the protection of the environment, the impact of human activities and, above all, of the tourist uses. In addition, the aim is to unveil the crimes that can be incurred with any infraction in the natural environment. The conference, organized by the Huesca Bar Association, Jaca City Council and the Jacetania Region, will start at the Jaca Conference Center at 4 p.m. with the inaugural conference by Sebastián Álvaro Lomba, renowned journalist and creator of the legendary “Al filo de lo imposible”, after the official speeches. The first lecture will be given by José María Rives, magistrate of the Court of Cuenca and former judge in Jaca, as well as a renowned mountaineer, who will speak on “Regulatory Protection of the Natural Environment”. Elena Villagrasa, geologist and director of the National Park of Ordesa and Monte Perdido, will continue on the same day, where state and regional regulations are crossed. At its conclusion, table discussion with the two speakers, with Juan Antonio Gil, secretary of the Foundation for the Conservation of the Bearded Vulture and Horacio Palacio, mayor of Fanlo, moderated by the lawyer Julio Rojas. Friday’s sessions open at ten o’clock with the treatment of crimes against the environment by the Chief Prosecutor of the Court of Huesca, Juan Andrés Baratech, and the Environmental Prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of Huesca, Arancha Rodríguez Escartín , presented by the lawyer Ángel García Bernués. Javier Oliván del Cacho, chief advisor of the Justice of Aragón and magistrate in the Contentious-Administrative Court of Zaragoza, will present the Jurisprudence on protected areas, presented by José María Nasarre, director of the Master in Mountain Sports Law.
It will continue with a round table debate on crimes against the environment that will also delve into its jurisprudence, with Baratech and Rodriguez themselves, the dean judge and criminal magistrate Angel de Pedro, the chief lieutenant of the Nature Protection Unit(Uprona) of the Civil Guard, Edgar Garcia, and Francisco Iturbe representing the Platform in Defense of the Mountains of Aragon, moderated by Angel Garcia Bernués. Jesús Broto Cartagena, magistrate of First Instance of Madrid and from Barbastro, will deal with the intervention of public and semi-public companies in the natural environment, after the introduction of the lawyer Alfonso de Meer. The conference will conclude with a debate between Broto Cartagena himself, the public procurement technician David Casinos, the lawyer and former lieutenant of the Justice of Aragón Javier Hernández, the director of Coordination of Tragsa Paloma López Izquierdo, the mayor of Villanúa, Luis Terrén, and the president of the region, Olvida Moratinos. José María Orús will read the conclusions.
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