On July 1, 2025, the Chilean Congress approved a law that modifies sectoral permits and that has generated controversy in the environmental world.[11]​ Environmental organizations maintain that environmental institutions are being cut after the lobby exercised by the business community and the right, before the government of President Boric and his ministers.[12]​ The vote in the Chamber of Deputies also had divided opinions, which grew in number as the pressure from the organizations advanced. socio-environmental. In this way, on July 4, a total of 42 deputies filed a request for unconstitutionality before the Constitutional Court, regarding a series of articles that, among other observations, according to those signatories, violate the right to health, a healthy environment, and modify the Indigenous Law. Humanist), as well as independent. The request was filed by socialist deputy Daniel Melo[14]​ who has declared that the law is an environmental regression and violates environmental principles as well as Convention 169 on Indigenous Consultation. The parliamentarians had previously pointed out during the processing that the law violated principles such as non-regression and the precautionary principle. In this way, they argue that the State would renounce its role of protecting the environment and people from the development of activities likely to generate environmental damage and/or the health of the population, which will only require a sworn declaration for authorization.

A group of specialists from the Faculty of Economics of the Universidad San Sebastián (USS) carried out an analysis published in 2023, which evaluated the impact that delays in the approval of permits had on Chile's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during 2022 and 2023. The results estimate that these delays caused a decrease of 0.2% of GDP in 2022 and 0.58% in 2023.[15]​.

On July 1, 2025, the Chilean Congress approved a law that modifies sectoral permits and that has generated controversy in the environmental world.[11]​ Environmental organizations maintain that environmental institutions are being cut after the lobby exercised by the business community and the right, before the government of President Boric and his ministers.[12]​ The vote in the Chamber of Deputies also had divided opinions, which grew in number as the pressure from the organizations advanced. socio-environmental. In this way, on July 4, a total of 42 deputies filed a request for unconstitutionality before the Constitutional Court, regarding a series of articles that, among other observations, according to those signatories, violate the right to health, a healthy environment, and modify the Indigenous Law. Humanist), as well as independent. The request was filed by socialist deputy Daniel Melo[14]​ who has declared that the law is an environmental regression and violates environmental principles as well as Convention 169 on Indigenous Consultation. The parliamentarians had previously pointed out during the processing that the law violated principles such as non-regression and the precautionary principle. In this way, they argue that the State would renounce its role of protecting the environment and people from the development of activities likely to generate environmental damage and/or the health of the population, which will only require a sworn declaration for authorization.

A group of specialists from the Faculty of Economics of the Universidad San Sebastián (USS) carried out an analysis published in 2023, which evaluated the impact that delays in the approval of permits had on Chile's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during 2022 and 2023. The results estimate that these delays caused a decrease of 0.2% of GDP in 2022 and 0.58% in 2023.[15]​.