Alcance y aplicación del principio de lesividad en delitos contra los recursos naturales y medio ambiente como bien jurídico tutelado en colombia

Abstract

Over the last decade, humanity has suffered, gradually, the consequences of acting unconsciously due to the exploitation of the environment as a result of a society distinguished for being industrialized and capitalist in which the environment was not contemplated as a supra-individual right and, in turn, the possibility of the milieu being able to enjoy determined rights through particular situations such as the Cauca river in Colombia. In this context, this research is carried out for the sake of rescue and to acknowledge the reproach that is done on the legal matters, especially in criminal law, over the harmful act that has been materialized throughout the typification of the misdeeds against the environment and natural resources in the Colombian Criminal Code at the XI title, exposed in its unique chapter. In this connection, the consciousness about the natural resources and environment has taken importance since their exploitation of them generates more significant adverse long-term effects instead of possible solutions, which is why has been established a system in which it’s necessary to impute criminal responsibility for those who, throughout their actions affect the milieu considerably in the light of the harm principle.