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Primary sources, academic articles and bulletins on the conservation right — the affirmative real right created by Chile’s Law No. 20.930 (2016).
English versions are listed first. Documents available only in Spanish show their title in English in brackets.
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The conservation right in light of the legislative history of Law No. 20.930
Jaime Ubilla Fuenzalida · Revista de Derecho (Coquimbo) 30: e5232 · 2023 · 44 pp.
The reference analysis of the origin, definition, differentiating elements and legal nature of the conservation right, and how it differs from conservation easements.
A Brief Legislative History of the Conservation Right
Conservation Law Center · Bulletin 1, Commemorative Series · November 2026
From the initial motion for a “charge on property” to the Senate’s final wording of an affirmative right that consists in the “faculty to conserve”.
The Conservation Right: A New Property Right for Sustainability
Jaime Ubilla · IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law · 2019
A short introduction to the conservation right for an international audience.
Legislation
| Law No. 20.930 establishing the conservation right (Chile). Enacted 10 June 2016; Official Gazette 25 June 2016. Spanish. | Official text |
| Legislative History of Law No. 20.930 (Historia de la Ley N° 20.930), Library of the National Congress of Chile, 2018. Includes the Senate Constitutional Commission’s Second Report (Bulletin No. 5823-07). Spanish. | BCN |
| Legislative History of Law 20.930 — summary in English: timeline, the four definitions and a comparative table. | Read |
Academic articles
- Ubilla, J. (2024). Legal Forms and Reflexive Legal Forms: A New Approach to Reflexive Law. Soziale Systeme 29(1–2): 268–310. English. DOI
- Ubilla, J. (2023). The conservation right in light of the legislative history of Law No. 20.930. Revista de Derecho (Coquimbo) 30: e5232. English and Spanish. DOI
- Ubilla, J. (2016a). Reflexive Law and Reflexive Property Rights: Tackling the Regulatory Trilemma of Ecosystems Conservation. PhD thesis, School of Law, The University of Edinburgh. English. Edinburgh Research Archive
- Ubilla, J. (2016b). El derecho real de conservación: justificación normativa y socio-legal [The conservation right: normative and socio-legal justification]. Revista de Derecho, Universidad de Concepción 240: 151–185. Spanish. Journal
- Ubilla, J. (2005). Regulación ambiental [Environmental regulation]. Revista de Derecho, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez 2: 1075–1095. Spanish.
- Ubilla, J. (2003). La conservación privada de la biodiversidad y el derecho real de conservación [Private conservation of biodiversity and the conservation right]. Revista de Derecho Ambiental, Universidad de Chile, 1: 72–96. The article that first proposed and named the conservation right. Spanish. Journal
Bulletins
Commemorative Series · 10 Years of Law No. 20.930 (2026)
Five bulletins and five talks, every Tuesday from 10 November to 8 December 2026.
| 1 · 10 Nov | A brief legislative history of the conservation right | |
| 2 · 17 Nov | Philosophical, sociological and economic foundations | Coming soon |
| 3 · 24 Nov | Titleholders, the ecosystem approach and IUCN Standards | Coming soon |
| 4 · 1 Dec | Natural Capital methodologies and IFRS Standards | Coming soon |
| 5 · 8 Dec | Paradigmatic cases: different types of application | Coming soon |
Bulletins of the Conservation Law Center (2014–2020)
The proposals submitted to the Chilean Senate that shaped the final law, and later analyses. Spanish.
- 2014. Propuesta de indicaciones al proyecto de ley del derecho real de conservación [Proposed indications to the Conservation Right Bill], submitted to the Senate Constitutional Commission. PDF
- 2015. El titular del derecho real de conservación [The titleholder of the conservation right]: arguments for a broad titleholder category. PDF
- 2016. Naturaleza jurídica activa y noción de gravamen en el Código Civil [The affirmative legal nature of the conservation right and the notion of charge in the Civil Code]. PDF
- 2018. El derecho real de conservación y el artículo 6 de la Ley 20.930 [Article 6 of Law 20.930: onerous or gratuitous constitution]. PDF
- 2020. El derecho real de conservación, el enfoque ecosistémico y el enfoque de capital natural [The conservation right, the Ecosystem Approach and the Natural Capital approach]. PDF
Talks and videos
Lectures, interviews and the Commemorative Series talks are on the YouTube channel @TodosPuedenConservar (Spanish; English subtitles are being added).
How to cite the reference article: Ubilla Fuenzalida, J. (2023). The conservation right in light of the legislative history of Law N° 20.930. General explanation of the origin, definition, differentiating elements, and legal nature of this new property right. Revista de Derecho (Coquimbo), 30: e5232. https://doi.org/10.22199/issn.0718-9753-5232
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