Limitations and their effects on private property due to the declaration of a special environmental protection area in Colombia

El derecho ambiental en la actualidad adquirido gran importancia, su fuente principal se encuentra en el Artículo 58 de la Constitución Política de 1991, donde se encargó de configurar la “función ecológica de la propiedad privada”, la cual no fue definida por el constituyente y la dejo en manos de la jurisprudencia. La Corte Constitucional se ha centrado en la aplicabilidad de la función ecológica como un limitante del derecho de dominio, en sus aplicaciones ha sido enfática en que este es un derecho que se encuentra relativizado y que interviene directamente sobre la propiedad. No obstante, ha sido insuficiente el pronunciamiento sobre la relación e implicaciones que este concepto tiene sobre los bienes privados, generando con ello una dificultad en la aplicabilidad de parámetros en la función de aquellos que deben cumplir y los que deben hacerla cumplir. La función ecológica, aunque no existe un concepto claro, tiene que ver con el desarrollo, aceptabilidad y aplicabilidad de medidas impositivas sobre la propiedad, para la prevención, reducción y control de hechos contaminantes o dañinos para el medio ambiente, de tal manera, que se pueda establecer un entorno sostenible. En virtud de esta bienes, que los limita en muchas ocasiones en su “uso, goce, usufructo y disposición”, prevaleciendo el interés general sobre el particular al establecer sobre la propiedad la función ecológica y social.The environmental law currently acquired great importance, its main source is found in Article 58 of the 1991 Political its main source is found in Article 58 of the Political Constitution of 1991, where it was in charge of configuring the "ecological function of private property". the "ecological function of private property", which was not defined by the constituent and left in the hands of jurisprudence. left in the hands of jurisprudence. The Constitutional Court has focused on the applicability of the ecological function as a limiting factor. of the ecological function as a limiting factor of the right of ownership, and in its applications it has been emphatic in that this is a right that is relativized and that intervenes directly on the property. on the property. However, there has been insufficient pronouncement on the relation and implications that this concept has on the implications that this concept has on private property, thus generating a difficulty in the applicability of the the applicability of parameters in the function of those who must comply and those who must enforce it. who must comply and those who must enforce it. The ecological function, although there is not a clear concept, has to do with the development, acceptability and The ecological function, although there is no clear concept, has to do with the development, acceptability and applicability of property tax measures, and control of polluting or environmentally damaging events, so as to prevent, reduce, and control environment, in such a way that a sustainable environment can be established. By virtue of this property, which limits them in many occasions in their "use, enjoyment, usufruct and disposition", prevailing the general interest over the particular by establishing on the property the ecological and social function. ecological and social function