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This article discusses the use of geothermal resources as a new energy source, which has a demonstrated technical and economic feasibility In our country, we have incipient regulations, which in many cases and due to lack of regulations and specialists in the field, take a lengthy period of time to obtain authorizations and / or concessions for the exploitation of geothermal resources of the soil and subsoil in our nation's territory. Under the current Peruvian legal system, the authorizations are granted for a period of three (3) years and may be extended for an additional period of two (2) years; in the case of concessions they are granted for a period of thirty (30) years and may be extended for an additional period of ten (10) years. If the goal is the generation of electricity, the contract will be automatically extended for the same term of the contract. Notwithstanding this, it should be specified that the power generation activities are governed by their own law. In recent decades, it has been stressed the need to search for new sources of energy and moreover that the said sources do not create negative or significant impact on the environment, it is no longer sufficient to generate energy through burning of oil, it is imperative the study and use of new energy sources, whose characteristics should be that they be clean, as is geothermal energy, whose use can be made available to the masses and put to the benefit of the most isolated populations of our country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The following work seeks to review some of the criteria for interpretation of the Environmental Enforcement Tribunal of the OEFA- Organismo de Evaluación y Fiscalización Ambiental, with respect to environmental responsibility, environmental damage, testing and others aspects that holders of mining titles face in the sanctioning administrative procedures for which this authority is responsible. The paper also considers that these criteria are not confined to the administrative authority, but are reviewed by the judicial system, and are used to determine legal actions and specialized hearings concerning environmental issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article takes us through the development of environmental law and the victories he has achieved in a long journey to start being part of national political agendas of countries and a global concern. Also leads us to analyze the different recognition elements necessary for success in environmental protection, in terms of environmental law implementation is efficient and effective. Thus reading the article leads us down the path of recognizing situations and elements necessary for the triumph of environmental law. The first, the consideration that this branch of law gets treatment as a human right which allows the category and gives the treatment it deserves. The second key element recognized as environmental law is the absolute principle of sustainability as rector of environmental policies, which should be based on an economic analysis, political, social, cultural and ecological decisions based on ethics. At the same time, the analysis is performed by Otis Duncan developed over the sustainability of a community, which according indicates lies in the interrelationship between population elements, social organization, environment, technology and social aspirations. The third element is the understanding of a solid legal framework or regulation, the fourth element is the implementation of the judiciary which is the enforcement of the rules, in this case environmental. The transversability in the design and implementation of environmental standards is the fifth and the sixth element, not least, the existence of a democratic basis of respect for the institutions and the proper use of democratic means. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]