EL PRINCIPIO CONTAMINADOR-PAGADOR Y LA RESPONSABILIDAD CIVIL EN EL DERECHO ECUATORIANO

Abstract

The economic growth of a country implies the industrial development, that in some cases occurs in an indiscriminate way without an adequate management, for what, the consequences are reflected directly in the environment. So, the present research work has the purpose of Ecuadorian regulations in force regarding the type of civil liability applied in environmental matters. In this sense, with the recognition of nature as a subject of rights, measures are established whose purpose is protection and reparation in case of environmental damage, hence, the polluter-payer principle determines that it is up to the cause of the damage to assume the compensation for the costs that have been generated as a result of their harmful actions.