Institute of Water and Environment «Prof. Joaquín López »

Universidad de Mendoza It promotes the scientific treatment of water legislation, administration and management with an interdisciplinary approach and covers all institutions that regulate water resources and the environment. In line with this, the Institute of Water and Environment's general objective is research that is directly connected to the training of undergraduate and postgraduate human resources, and the holding of scientific and dissemination meetings.

The Institute of Water and Environment seeks to provide an area of ​​reflection conducive to the debate of public policies, for advice and links with the private sector and in this way contribute with a sustainable vision in the development and management of
water resources and the environment, placing emphasis on their preservation and the integrated management of water and the environment as the foundation of administration, in the context of dynamic and globalized economic variables, within the national and international legal framework.

• Conduct research on legal problems and related areas that contribute to the knowledge and effective application of Water Law and Environmental Law, promoting interdisciplinarity.
• Promote the strengthening of the Rule of Law and Justice.
• Stimulate scientific development with social relevance, promoting its research to be valued and used by private or state institutions.
• Cooperate with undergraduate and graduate degree courses in teaching tasks.
• Encourage students and professors of the University to carry out legal research, taking into account relevant social, cultural, political, and economic aspects.

Institute email: instituteaguayambiente@um.edu.ar
Institute address: School of Law and Social Sciences, Universidad de Mendoza, Central Campus.

– Miguel Mathus Escorihuela
– Nicolás González del Solar
– Liber Martin
– Monica Marcela Andino
– María Valentina Erice
– Mariana Rugoso

Guest Researchers:

– Ángel Ruiz de Apodaca Espinosa
– Andrés Ugarte
– Barbara Penaloza
– Carlos Cuervo
– Carolina González
– Cynthia Laura Narváez
– Gabriel Juan
– Georgina Guardatti
– Gladys Rogero
– Guillermo Hernandez
– Juan Bautista Justo
– Juan Facundo Díaz Araujo
–Leonardo Mussino
– Lucía Farrando
– María Fernanda Solanes
– Monica Altamirano
– Santiago Gascón
– Sergio Salinas Alcega

Undergraduate students:

– Alba Valdemoros (Law)
– Ana Laura Rugoso (Law)
– Bianca Paz Maricchiolo Romero (Industrial Engineering)
– Martina Belén Ricciardi (Law)
– Martina Bustos Andino (Law)
– María Sofía Gallardo Cano (Notary Office)
– Paloma Laurenti (Law)

Those who are interested or wish to be part of the Institute of
Water and Environment «Prof. Joaquín López» in some way or in a particular project, please contact us through:
instituteaguayambiente@um.edu.ar

I- The Water-Energy Nexus. Regulatory synergies in the field of Renewable Energy. Construction of the legal regime for Hydroelectric Energy. (Phase2nd).

Responsible Researcher – Prof. Dr. Liber Martín (liber.martin@um.edu.ar)

Objective: The objective of this line of research is to leave behind the independent and isolated management of the water, energy and environment sectors to regulate RE by managing them in an integrated manner. After having identified and analyzed the Water-Energy interrelation in the field of Renewable Energies in Phase I, this line of research continues the theme by focusing on the study of a renewable energy source in particular: Hydroelectricity. After noticing a singular range of
national and provincial regulations that regulate hydroelectricity in isolation based on the subject of water, energy, environment, climate change, administrative contracting, etc. that sometimes overlap and contradict, all within the scope
of a federal State where they coexist with a complex network of powers that requires coordination, this line of research proposes to review, from new approaches such as the Water-Energy Nexus, the way in which the
legal regime of Hydroelectric Energy in Argentina. All of this, with the aim of identifying the interrelationships and potential synergies between the different sectoral regulations to analyze them critically, with a view to contributing to the proposal of regulatory reforms and public policy guidelines.

Research team:
– Díaz Araujo, Juan Facundo
– Justo, Juan Bautista
– Andino, Marcela
– Rugoso, Mariana
– Narváez, Cynthia
– Solanes, María Fernanda
– Farrando, Lucía
– Valdemoros Alba
– Laurenti Paloma

II- The need to modernize the Water Rights Registries in Mendoza. Analysis from the perspective of Law.

Responsible Researcher – Prof. Dr. Nicolás González del Solar (nicolas.gdelsolar@um.edu.ar)

Objective: The objective of this line of research focuses on the generation of legal tools for the creation of a Registry of Groundwater Rights in Mendoza that satisfies the legal requirements, as a fundamental control tool in water management by the Administration and information and control by those administered to the Administration. Part of the necessary formation of this Register of Rights with a view to avoiding conflicts that in
consequently arise, thus reducing litigation, expenses on the part of individuals and savings of economic and human resources on the part of the administration.
All this through delimiting the content and scope of the groundwater Records in accordance with the water legislation of Mendoza; investigate the registration and cadastre systems for water rights provided for in water laws and codes
provincials of Argentina.; investigate the legal regulation regarding Water Rights Registries in comparative legislation and identify conflicts in Mendoza that are linked to the deficient formation of the Groundwater Rights Registries.

Research team:
– Miguel Mathus Escorihuela
– Sergio Salinas Alcega
– Mariana Rugoso
– Paloma Laurenti
– Ana Laura Rugoso

3rd. Water and Gender in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Responsible Researcher – Prof. Dr. Marcela M. Andino (marcelaandino71@gmail.com)

Objective
The general objective of this line of research is to create a specific environment to reflect, visualize and value the role of women to promote the creation of a new paradigm of sustainable development in which the preservation of the environment in general and of water is integrated. in particular; with the equality of the human person.
It sets out specific objectives to analyze the role of women in their communities, both as providers of water for their families and in the management and preservation of the resource; make visible and raise awareness about the importance of the role of women
in the management, use and preservation of water; generate a space for reflection on equal opportunities and rights in relation to water resources, land, the environment, etc.; identify the difficulties that women face in achieving leadership, management, handling and preservation of water resources; highlight the importance of the inclusion of women in water resources governance; formulate proposals for regulatory changes and water policies that contain specific measures and the proposed approach.

Research team
– María Valentina Erice
– Gabriel Juan
– Cynthia Laura Narváez
– Gladys Rogero
–Leonardo Mussino
– Carolina González

Degree students
– Martina Bustos Andino – Law
– Martina Belén Ricciardi – Law
– María Sofía Gallardo Cano – Escribanía
– Bianca Paz Maricchiolo Romero – Industrial Engineering

Guest researcher:
– Monica Altamirano

IV- Water and Sustainable Development. Cities and Law.

Responsible Researcher – Prof. Dr. María Valentina Erice (valentina.erice@um.edu.ar)

Objective: Our species, now mostly urban, has the right to live in prosperous cities where we can lead a dignified life, without crossing the planetary limits that are fundamental to maintain the stability of the planet and the well-being of those who inhabit it and of future generations. The general objective of this line of research takes SDG 11 as its starting point: “make cities more inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.” In our research we analyze some of the most urgent challenges we face that must find solutions in cities: climate change mitigation; comprehensive waste management and
provide a comprehensive ecological structure with universal access to urban “green” public areas and spaces. Likewise, we ask ourselves what contributions we can make from the law and how new technologies can help us so that cities are peaceful, environmentally safe, clean and intelligent. All this from: analyzing public policies and the current regulatory framework in order to determine if it values ​​the importance of the problems we face as citizens finding solutions from cities, respecting the paradigm of sustainable urban development; formulate proposals for changes that contribute to making inclusion, resilience, security, competitiveness and sustainability part of the lives of the
citizens and the productive dynamics of the city.

Research team
– Marcela Monica Andino
– Andrés Ugarte
– Guillermo Hernandez
– Carlos Cuervo
– Barbara Penaloza
– Cynthia Narvaez
– Fernanda Solanes
– Santiago Gascón
– Georgina Guardatti

Degree students
– Martina Bustos Andino – Law
– Martina Belén Ricciardi – Law
– María Sofía Gallardo Cano – Escribanía
– Bianca Paz Maricchiolo Romero – Industrial Engineering

Invited researcher
– Ángel Ruiz de Apodaca Espinosa

Since its creation, the Institute of Water and Environment has organized International and local Conferences, Athenaeums, Seminars and Conferences with the aim of generating an area of ​​reflection and debate open to the community in general, on transcendent issues in environmental matters, with the participation of prominent local, national and international specialist. In addition, the Director of the Institute and the researchers that comprise it participate in various academic activities, some of which are included in this list.

2010

• I International Conference of the Institute of Water and Environment. Topics: the topics developed were related to the current challenges of the public drinking water and sanitation service, and to the Environment: Water, mining and environmental sustainability Speakers: Guillermo Carmona (Secretary of
Environment of the Province of Mendoza), Jorge Chambouleyron (Former
Superintendent of the General Department of Irrigation), Jesús Ignacio Echevarría Mejía (University of Medellín – Deputy Director EEPPM Public Companies of Medellín), José Lui Correa (Professor of Administrative Law FCJS UM), María Gabriela Ábalos (Professor of Constitutional Law and Human Rights FCJS UM ), Aldo Rodríguez Salas (Universidad de Congreso), Nicolás González del Solar (Professor of Environmental Law and Resources
Naturals and member of the Institute of Water and Environment FCJS UM) and Rolando Baldasso (President AySAM SA). Date of completion: October 28, 2010.
The Program can be seen at: http://www.um.edu.ar/es/fcjs/degree courses/institutosde-investigaci%C3%B3n/instituto-agua-ambiente/actividades/41-fcjs/1261-primeras-jornadas-del-instituto-de-agua-y-ambiente-qprof-joaquin-lopezq.html

• I Athenaeum of the Institute of Water and Environment.

Objective: the objective of these meetings is to generate a space for reflection and debate open to the community in general, on transcendental issues in environmental matters with the participation of prominent local, national and international specialists. Speakers: Daniela Alma, José Luis Correa (Professor of Law
Administrative FCJS UM), Ignacio Vázquez Viera, Marcela Andino and Valentina Erice (Assigned to the Chair of Environmental Law and
Natural Resources and researchers from the Institute of Water and Environment FCJS UM). Date of completion: November 25, 2010. The program can be seen at:
http://www.um.edu.ar/es/fcjs/degree courses/institutosde-investigaci%C3%B3n/instituto-aguaambiente/actividades/41-fcjs/1341-primer-ateneo-del-instituto-de-aguas-yambiente-qprof-joaquin-lopezq.html

2011

• I Congress on Climate Change, Viticulture and Water Resources.

Objective: The objective of this congress is to understand the potential of the impact of Climate Change on the Wine Sector and on the water resources of the province and the region and thus lay the foundations for designing active policies from the public sector that allow improving the decisions of the sector. wine industry and its derived industry, in terms of adaptation strategies. Dr. Miguel
Mathus Escorihuela, Director of our Water and Environment Institute, expressed that: “Water is a limiting factor for the growth and development of Mendoza.
It is necessary to foresee what the water policies should be, how management should be developed and how to coordinate the administration together with the users. We must accept that this fact has catastrophic contours for Mendoza such as the impact of climate change and lack of water.” Date of completion: April 9 and 10, 2011. The news can be seen at:
http://www.um.edu.ar/es/noticias-um/noticias/7-fcjs/1474-el-agua-es-un-factor-limitante-para-el-crecimiento-y-desarrollo-de-mendoza-congreso-internacional.htm

•2nd International Conference of the Institute of Water and Environment.

Topics: the topics developed were related to the Water Financial Regime, renewable energies, the impact of climate change, transboundary environmental damage, environmental responsibility. Speakers: Miguel Mathus Escorihuela (Director of the Institute of Water and Environment and Professor of Environmental Law and Natural Resources), Ismael Compaires (Professor of Law
Financial and Tax, University of Zaragoza), Daniela Rivera Bravo (Chile), Christian Rojas Calderón (Chile), Francisco Delgado Piqueras (Spain), Eng. José Morábito, Eng. Amalia Caldez, Sergio Salinas Alcega (University of Zaragoza), Ángel Ruiz de Apodaca (University of Navarra), Nuria Garrido (Spain) and Luis Mariano Arce Lloveras. Date of realization: September 5, 6 and 7, 2011. The program can be seen at:
http://www.um.edu.ar/es/fcjs/degree courses/institutos-de-investigaci%C3%B3n/instituto-agua-ambiente/actividades/41-fcjs/1744-ii-jornadas-internacionales-del-instituto-del-agua-y-el-ambiente597.html

2012

•2nd Ateneo of the Institute of Water and Environment.

Theme: The themes developed were related to the theme of Environmental Damage. Prof. Mathus Escorihuela, Director of the Institute expressed: “On the occasion we have decided to celebrate the Ateneo
in tribute to Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. The dorsal opinion of an imminent statesman cannot go unnoticed. Most recognize him as an educator, but we must investigate his unique figure as a writer. A person who at the age of 16 was already teaching reading and writing, he founded the first School in Chile.
Normal. He did many fundamental things for the Nation that deserve to be known by everyone, such as the first national Census. As president, the Judicial Branch was organized, the Civil Code was issued, schools and railways were created, among many works, in just 6 years of presidential administration. Without a doubt we would be a great world power if Argentina had had more leaders like that.” Speakers: Daniela Alma, Mauricio Pinto (Researcher at the Institute of Water and Environment FCJS UM), Engineer José Morabito, Matías Pascualoto, Mariana Rugoso and Valeria Culasso Riba. Date of completion: April 19, 2012. The news can be seen at:
http://www.um.edu.ar/es/fcjs/degree courses/institutos-de-investigaci%C3%B3n/instituto-agua-ambiente/actividades/41-fcjs/1562-segundo-ateneo-del-instituto-de-agua-y-ambiente-qprof-joaquin-lopezq.html

•2ndI International Conference of the Institute of Water and Environment: Water Law and Administration. Environmental Law and Administration.

Themes:
The topics developed were related to the overexploitation of aquifers, the Berlin Rules, water preservation, the participation of water users, Environmental Courts, non-conventional energies, the water-energy nexus and the right to environmental information. Speakers: Miguel Mathus Escorihuela
(Director of the Institute of Water and Environment and Professor of Environmental Law and Natural Resources), Antonio Embid Irujo (University of Zaragoza), Sergio Salinas Alcega (University of Zaragoza), José Luis Correa (Professor of Administrative Law FCJS UM), José Luis Álvarez (Superintendent of the General Department of Irrigation), Nicolás González del Solar (Professor
Environmental Law and Natural Resources and member of the Water and Environment Institute FCJS UM). Marcos Zandomeni (Minister of Environment of the Province of Mendoza), Leonardo Pastorino, Marcela Andino, Líber Martín, Aldo Rodríguez Salas and Ángel Ruiz de Apodaca. Date of completion: September 11 and 12, 2012. The program can be consulted at:
http://www.um.edu.ar/es/fcjs/degree courses/institutos-de-investigaci%C3%B3n/instituto-agua-ambiente/actividades/41-fcjs/2291-iii-jornadas-internacionales-del-instituto-del-agua-y-el-ambiente.html

•2ndI Athenaeum of the Institute of Water and Environment.

Topics: The topics developed were related to the Human Right to Water, the uses of water, clear waters and integrated environmental authorization. Speakers: Nicolás González del Solar,
Marcela Andino, Mariana Rugoso and Ignacio Vázquez Viera. Date of completion: 2012. The list of works presented can be seen at:
http://www.um.edu.ar/es/fcjs/degree courses/institutos-de-investigaci%C3%B3n/instituto-agua-ambiente/actividades/41-fcjs/1850-trabajos-presentados-3er-ateneo.html

2013

•4thAteneo of the Institute of Water and Environment “Prof. Joaquín López de la Universidad de Mendoza", organized by the School of Law and Social Sciences. Completion date: June 4, 2013.

• Research Stay. The Chair of Environmental Law and Natural Resources – Water, of the School of Law and Social Sciences, invited ELISA PÉREZ DE LOS COBOS HERNÁNDEZ, DNI Nº 48.500.509H – Professor of Legal Fundamentals in Architecture, in the Degree of Architecture and in degree in Building Engineering from the Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), Spain and a PhD student in the Administrative Law Program at the University of Murcia (UMU) - carried out a research stay at the School of Law and Social Sciences of the Universidad de Mendoza, during the months of July, August and September 2013, focused on “The Incidence of the Environmental Variable on Water Law and the Environment.” To do so, he proceeded to analyze the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Province of Mendoza, the Civil and Commercial Chambers of the Province of Mendoza, as well as the study of the scientific doctrine and regulation
contained in the Environmental and Water Standards of the Argentine Republic and the Province of Mendoza and corresponding legal texts, with the consequent use.

• Conference: “Mining Activity: Sustainable development and environmental preservation and water resources.”

Organized by the School of Law and Social Sciences, the Institute of Water and Environment with the collaboration of the Chamber of Mining Services of Mendoza (CASEM-Mza.). Themes: the themes
developed were related to the context and constitutionality of Law 7722 and the Glacier Law, Mining together with the community, Development with mining, the mining use of water, mining activity
and the agroindustrial model of Mendoza, Speakers: Miguel Mathus Escorihuela (Director of the Institute of Water and Environment and Professor of Environmental Law and Natural Resources), Marcela Andino, Líber Martín and Nicolás González del Solar (Professors of Environmental Law and Natural Resources and members from the Water and Environment Institute FCJS UM), Martín Carotti, Carlos Ferrer, Mario Hernández and Bernardo Parizek (speakers invited by CAMSEM–Mza). Date of completion: November 28, 2013.
The program can be seen at: http://www.um.edu.ar/es/noticias-um/noticias/7-fcjs/3125-jornada-mineria-cuidado-medio-ambiente.html. The news can be seen at: http://www.um.edu.ar/es/noticias-um/noticias/7-fcjs/3147-aportes-consideraciones-activity-minera.htm

2014

• Diploma in Environment and Water Resources.

Objective: The general objective of the Diploma is to respond to the growing demand, both in the academic and professional fields, for specialists who have sufficient knowledge to allow them to address issues related to the
Environment and Water Resources specific to legislation, administration, management, engineering and economics, as a tool to achieve sustainable development. Director: Dr. Miguel Mathus Escorihuela. Coordinators: Marcela Andino and Ignacio Vázquez Viera. Teachers: Miguel Mathus Escorihuela, Antonio Benjamín (Brazil), Lilian del Castillo (Buenos Aires), Zlata Drnas de Clément (Bariloche), Horacio Rosatti (Santa Fe), Aída Kemelmajer, Mauricio Pinto, Aldo Rodríguez Salas, Irma Mercante, Teresa Rauek, Guillermo Hernández, Aldo Guarino Arias, Ángel Ruiz de Apodaca, Nicolás González del Solar, Luis Ramón Arce, Liber Martín, Amilcar Moyano, Marcela Andino, Ernesto Bustelo,
Santiago Ruiz Freites, Leonardo Pastorino, Nohelia Torchia, Alicia Puerta de Chacón, José Luis Correa, Juan Justo, Juan Antonio Zapata , Jorge Day, Valeria Mendoza, Eduardo Comellas, Liber Martín, Ricardo Villalba, Alejandro Gennari and José Morábito. Duration: six (6) months of course. Start date: 14th
March 2014. The Diploma can be seen at:
http://www.um.edu.ar/es/postgrados-nuevo/degree courses/ciencias-juridicas-sociales/formaci%C3%B3n continua/diplomaturas/diplomatura-en-ambiente-y-recursos-h%C3%ADdricos-pol%C3%ADtica,-legislaci%C3%B3n,administraci%C3%B3n-y-econom%C3%ADa-ambiental.html

• Doctorate in Law and Social Sciences, Cohort 2014-2015.

Cycle:
Environmental Law and Water Resources. Director: Miguel Mathus
Escorihuela. Coordinators: Nicolás González del Solar and María Valentina Erice. Curriculum: MODULE I: “The Law
environmental policy of the 20thI century", MODULE2nd: "Modern Water Law", MODULE2ndI: "Environmental Economics", Seminar I: "Water, mining and hydrocarbons", Seminar2nd: "Liability for environmental damage", Epistemology, Research Methodology and Workshop of Thesis. Start date: March 14, 2014. Completion date: March 25, 2015. Enrolled students: 34. Currently active students are in the
writing the Doctoral Thesis.

• State Policy Forum of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation.

Objective: The Forum is a space for discussion about the State policies of the Nation's Judicial Branch and has a double dimension: a series of face-to-face meetings, in which conferences and debates led by Dr. Lorenzetti take place. They attended on behalf of the Universidad de Mendoza and the Institute of Water and Environment, Dr. María Valentina Erice and Prof. Ignacio Vázquez Viera. The complete cycle of conferences is broadcast live in the Aula Magna of the University. The first
videoconference took place on March 25, 2014. The video can be seen at: https://www.cij.gov.ar/nota-13103-Lorenzetti-encabez–un-nuevo-encuentro-del-Foro-de- State-Policies-.htm

• I Sanrafaelinas Conference on Environmental Law. In Tribute to Dr. Luis Moisset from Espanés.

The Conference was organized by the Law Institute
Environmental of the College of Lawyers and Attorneys of the 2nd Judicial District (San Rafael, Mendoza), and the National Academy of Law and Social Sciences of Córdoba. Guest speaker: Dr. Miguel Mathus Escorihuela. Completion date: April 11.

• Book: First Sanrafaelinas Conference on Environmental Law.

In Tribute to Dr. Luis Moisset from Espanés. Presentation by Dr. Miguel Mathus Escorihuela: “Climate change and law. “Reflections and proposals for Mendoza”. Advocatus.
The book can be consulted at: https://www.acaderc.org.ar/wp content/blogs.dir/55/files/sites/55/2019/11/jornadasSanRafaelDerAmb 2014.pdf

• Conference: «In Defense of the Atuel River and the Heritage of Mendoza»

Objective:
The exhibitions were aimed at highlighting the rights of the Province of Mendoza from a technical and legal point of view in the Atuel River conflict. It was held in the Aula Magna of the campus San Rafael. The Conference was organized by the Institute of Water and Environment of the Universidad de Mendoza with the collaboration of the Institute of Environmental Law of the Bar Association of San Rafael and the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of San
Raphael. Speakers: Miguel Mathus Escorihuela, César Mosso, Amilcar Moyano, Aldo Guarino Arias, Marcela Andino, Nicolás González del Solar, Ana María Gombau, Raúl Bonino and Valentina Erice (moderator). Completion date: September 04. The news can be seen at: http://www.um.edu.ar/es/noticias-um/noticias/11-um/3406-defensa-rio-atuel-patrimonio-de-mendoza.html.

• Territorial Planning Conference. Its impact on the reality of Mendoza. Interdisciplinary Debate.

Organized by the School of Law and Social Sciences, the Institute of Water and Environment and the School of Architecture, Urban Planning and Design of the UM. Topics: The topics developed were related to the contents of the Provincial Territorial Planning Plan, the limitations on property and territorial planning in private urban complexes,
Coordination and control bodies, legislative debate on the perspectives for Territorial Planning and the management of public services for Territorial Planning. Speakers: María Elena Guidiño (CIFOT), Mariana Sammartino (ADOP), Dora de Pascua (FAUD-UM), Líber Martín (IAyA-FCJS- UM), Guillermo Hernández (IAyA), Tadeo García Zalazar (CEAH), Andrea Juliana Laura (CIFOT), Armando Llop (INA-CELA), Roberto Dabul (CAM), Irene Pujol de ZIZZIAS (FCJS-UM) and José Reta (INA CELA). Date of completion: Thursday, September 25, 2014. The program and the news can be consulted at: http://www.um.edu.ar/es/noticias-um/noticias/7-fcjs/3452-ordenamiento-territorial -its-impact-on-the-reality-of-mendoza.html

•2nd National Water and Education Conference: «Water, Education and Culture: A strategic alliance for development
sustainable"

The Conference took place in the City of Santa Fe. Objective: Promote the culture of water from the educational field, taking as its axis the need to guarantee the basic and universal right of access to water. Organized by: Ministry of Education, Culture and Water, Public Services and Ministry of the Environment of the
Province of Santa Fe. Dr. María Valentina Erice attended, representing the Institute of Water and Environment. Completion date: October 30 and 31. The news and the program can be consulted at:
https://www.unl.edu.ar/agenda/index.phpact=showEvento&id=6327

• Conference: “Test and sustainable development”.

Within the framework of the Doctorate in
Law and Social Sciences – Cycle: Environmental Law and Water Resources, this seminar will be held, organized by the IRDA of the University of Paris 13-Sorbone Paris Cité and the Universidad de Mendoza. General introduction to Argentine law. MiguelMathus and Aída Kemelmajer de Carlucci. Completion date: December 05th and 06th. The program and the news can be consulted at: Testing and sustainable development (um.edu.ar)

2015

• Ateneo: Critical analysis of the reform of the Civil and Commercial Code on Water and Environment.

Topics: the topics developed were related to public and private waters, non-navigable lakes, the riverbank line, the towpath, the application of the law over time and the role of the provinces in relation to the Civil and Commercial Code. Speakers: Miguel Mathus Escorihuela (Director of the Institute of Water and Environment and Professor of Environmental Law and Natural Resources), Marcela Andino, Líber Martín, Nicolás González del Solar, Ignacio Vázquez Viera and Mauricio Pinto (Professors of Environmental Law and Natural Resources and members of the Water and Environment Institute FCJS UM), Valentina Erice, Noelia Torchia and Andrés Ugarte (Members of the Water and Environment Institute FCJS UM). Date of completion: May 21, 2015 at Central campus and June 23, 2015. campus San Rafael. The news can be consulted at: http://www.um.edu.ar/es/noticias-um/noticias/7-fcjs/3793-analisis-critico-a-la-reforma-del-codigo-civil-y- commercial-in-water-and-environment.html

• “I Congress of Environmental Law Commissions of Bar Associations of the Argentine Republic”.

Organized by the Argentine Federation of Bar Associations (FACA), the Office of Environmental Justice (OJA). of the Court
Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation and the College of
Lawyers and Attorneys of the First District
Judicial of the Province of Mendoza with the auspices of the
School of Legal and Social Sciences. Between his
exhibitors represented the Institute of Water and Environment
Dr. María Valentina Erice. Completion date: 03 and
September 04th. The news can be consulted at:
https://colejus.com.ar/2015/08/18/congreso-3-y-4-deseptiembre-de-derecho-ambiental-mendoza/

•2nd International Conference on Water Resources in Salta.

Universidad de Mendoza Through the Institute of Water and Environment, it has given its endorsement and organizational support to these international conferences to be held on October 15 and 16 in the province of Salta. The Institute's delegation that traveled to that province led by the Director of the Institute of Water and Environment, Dr. Miguel Mathus Escorihuela. He was accompanied as speakers by: Dr. Nicolás González del Solar, Dr. Ignacio Vázquez Viera, Dr. Víctor Guillermo Hernández, Dr. Andrés Ugarte and Dr. María Valentina Erice. Date of completion: October 15 and 16. The news can be consulted at:
http://www.um.edu.ar/es/noticias-um/noticias/11-um/4109-ii-jornadas-internacionales-de-recursos-hidricos.html. Las conclusiones pueden consultarse en: http://deltasur.org/CONCLUSIONES_SALTA.pdf

•4th Latin American Forum on Bioethics and Environment. Objective: Cooperation on bioethics issues between France and the International Association of Law, Ethics and Science and the institutions dedicated to Bioethics in Latin America.
Topics: The axes of debate were: 1.- Philosophical and legal foundations. 2.- Bioethical principles and environment: risk management, the precautionary principle and sustainable development. 3.- Environment and responsibility. 4.- Environment and human beings: Health, Poverty and the Right to water as a human right. 5.- Animals, the environment and bioethics. Participating professors: 12 national and international jurists. Start date: November 23, 2015. End date: November 24, 2015. The news can be consulted at:
http://www.um.edu.ar/es/postgrados-nuevo/degree courses/ciencias-juridicas-sociales/formaci%C3%B3n-continua/jornadas/iv-f%C3%B3rum-franco-latinoamericano-de-bio%C3%A9tica.html

2016

•2nd Franco Argentina Conference “Biological Diversity and Law”.

Organized by the School of Law and Social Sciences in association with the IRDA of Paris12thI –Sorbone, under the direction of the
Drs. Mustapha Mekki and Aída Kemelmajer de Carlucci. It was visited by Dr. Didier Guevel, Dean of the School of Law of the Paris12thI University, who was appointed Honorary Professor of our University. Speakers among others were Drs.
Jorge Peyrano, Carlos Hernández, Romain Boffa, Nathalie Blanc, Soraya Amrani-Mekki, Geraldine Goffaux, by Argentine and foreign universities (Paris12thI University). By Universidad de Mendoza: Drs. Carlos Parellada, Alicia Puerta de
Chacón, Gladys Josefina Puliafito, Mauricio Pinto, Marcela Andino, Nicolás González del Solar, and the conclusions by Drs. Philippe Brun, and Juan Manuel Lezcano. Date of completion: June 4 and 5, 2016. The Program can be consulted at: http://www.um.edu.ar/es/noticias-um/noticias/7-fcjs/4299-segundas días-franco-argentinas -biological-diversity-and-law.html
• First Congress of Biodiversity and Law, in which the Conferences described above were replicated.

Organized by the Gastón Dachary University, with the collaboration of the Institut de Recherche pour un Droit Attractif
and the University of Paris12thI, in the City of Puerto Iguazú, Province of Misiones, and included the presentation of the previously indicated professors. Completion date: June 6 and 7. The news can be published.
As a consequence of these Conferences, the dissertations were published in the Environmental Law Magazine, directed by Dr. Néstor Cafferata (Ed. Abeledo Perrot, Buenos Aires, July-September 2016) in a special chapter “Biological Diversity and Law”.

•5th International Conference on Water and Environmental Law. Water and Energy.

Objective: Give a critical look at the legal reality,
institutional and political, as well as the proposal of possible reforms. The Conference was held in tribute to Prof. Dr. Edgardo Díaz Araujo. Organized by the Institute of Water and Environment and the School of Law and Social Sciences. These Conferences were declared of interest by the Honorable Chamber of Deputies of the Province of Mendoza. Themes: the themes that were developed were related to the validity and evolution of the principles
constitutional principles of Water Policy and the prospects for constitutional reform; the Administration, the use and exploitation of the
Water and the integration of contemporary Water Policy: Water, Energy and climate change. Speakers: Miguel Mathus
Escorihuela (Director of the Institute of Water and Environment and Emeritus Professor of Environmental Law and Natural Resources), Laura Montero (Vice Governor of the Province), Antonio Embid Irujo (University of Zaragoza), Sergio Salinas Alcega (University of Zaragoza), Líber Martín, Nicolás González del Solar and Ignacio Vázquez Viera (Professors of Environmental Law and Resources
Naturals and members of the Institute of Water and Environment FCJS UM), Facundo Díaz Araujo (Professor of Provincial Public Law UM), Eng. Carlos Bertagno, Emilio Guiñazú Fader (Undersecretary of Energy and Mining of Mendoza), Mariana Rugoso (Assigned to the Chair Environmental Law and Natural Resources and member of the Water and Environment Institute FCJS UM), Andrés Ugarte and Guillermo Hernández (Members of the Water and Environment Institute FCJS UM) and Aldo Rodríguez Salas. Date of realization: 12 and 13
of September. The program and the news can be consulted at:
http://www.um.edu.ar/es/noticias/7-fcjs/4356-v-jornadas-internacionales-dederecho-de-agua-y-ambiente.html

• Book “Critical analysis of the Civil and Commercial Code of the Nation in matters of Water and Environment”.

Director: Miguel Mathus Escorihuela. Coordinator: Marcela Andino. Authors: Marcel Andino, Líber Martín, Nicolás González del Solar, Ignacio Vázquez Viera, Valentina Erice, Andrés Ugarte, Guillermo Hernández and Juan Bautista Justo. EDIUM. It was presented within the framework of the Conferences described above.

2017

• Participation as AMICUS CURIAE – Cause 243/2014. La Pampa, Province c/ Mendoza, Province s/ Use of water – CSJN – Secretariat of Original Trials. Within the framework of the case for the use of waters from the “Río Atuel”, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation summoned the participation of the Friends of the Court in the informative and conciliatory public hearing held on June 14, 2017 at 10 hs. in the Palace of Justice. Through Resolution No. 82/2017 of the Rectorate, the participation of the Universidad de Mendoza, through the Water and Environment Institute. On May 24, 2017, it is considered presented to the Universidad de Mendoza before the Supreme Court, and by order dated 01/06/2017, it is resolved to accept as
Friends the court to: 1) Universidad de Buenos Aires (through the Center for Studies in Law and Economics, 2) National University of La Pampa; 3) Universidad de Mendoza, 4) Dr. Schulz, 5) Ing. Marinelli (General Superintendent of Irrigation), 6) Argentine Agrarian Federation (Gral Alvear), 7) Pampean indigenous communities. These institutions were selected
among dozens of organizations and people who presented themselves, which exalts the work carried out and the prestige of the University. Finally, Dr. Mathus Escorihuela presents before the National Court his position as a specialist in the conflict. Date of completion: June 14, 2017. The news and video can be seen at: http://www.um.edu.ar/es/noticias-um/noticias/7-fcjs/4763-rio-atuel-audiencia .html

Forum: The Mining Policy of the Province. Document analysis preliminary of the State Policy for the development of Mining in Mendoza.

Organized by: Institute of Water and Environment of the Universidad de Mendoza. Opening: Miguel Mathus Escorihuela (Director of the Institute of Water and Environment and Professor Emeritus of Environmental Law and Natural Resources). Ing. Laura Montero (Vice Governor of the Province of Mendoza), Humberto Daniel Mignorance (Secretary of Environment and Territorial Planning of
Mendoza), Eduardo Sosa (Chief of Staff of the Secretariat of Environment and Territorial Planning of Mendoza), Eng. Sergio Marinelli (General Superintendent of Irrigation). Presentation of the topic by the Undersecretary of Energy and Mining, Eng. Emilio Javier Guiñazú Fader. Speakers: Nicolás González del Solar and Marcela Andino (Professors of Environmental Law and Natural Resources and members of the Institute of Water and Environment FCJS UM), Mariana Rugoso and Andrés Ugarte (Members of the Institute of Water and Environment FCJS UM), Verónica Fernández (Professor of Law
Environmental and Natural Resources2nd and member of the Energy Institute FCJS UM), Aldo Rodríguez Salas (Universidad de Congreso). Date of completion: June 27, 2017. The news can be consulted at: http://www.um.edu.ar/es/noticias-um/noticias/7-fcjs/4729-foro-sobre-la politica-minera -of-the-province.htm

• First DIUM Categorization. By HCS Resolution No. 230/2017, the categorizations as Researchers of 33 professors from the School of Law and Social Sciences were approved, among them the following are members of the Institute of Water and Environment: Dr. Liber Martin, Dr. María Valentina Erice,
Dr. Nicolás González del Solar, Mariana Rugoso and Ignacio Vázquez Viera. The Resolution can be consulted at:
http://www.um.edu.ar/es/um/direcci%C3%B3n-de research/resoluci%C3%B3nes.htm

• DIUM Projects. By HCS Resolution No. 231/2017, 6 Projects of the School of Law and Social Sciences were approved. List of Categorized Professors, three (3) of which are directed by researchers from the Institute of Water and Environment, namely: “Law and waste management: the challenge of sustainable management of Urban Solid Waste”,
by Dr. María Valentina Erice; “Tools for sustainable management of the transboundary aquifer system”, by Dr. Nicolás González del Solar, and an eighth project by Dr. Liber Martín. The Resolution can be consulted at:
http://www.um.edu.ar/es/um/direcci%C3%B3n-de-research/resoluci%C3%B3nes.html

•6th “International Conference on Water and Environmental Law”.

Organized by: Institute of Water and Environment of the Universidad de Mendoza in association with the General Department of Irrigation and the
Sponsored by the Mendoza College of Lawyers and Attorneys. Topics: Environmental dimension of Water Law, consequences
environmental aspects of the disintegrated management of water resources, impact of the Territorial Planning Law on the change of
Environmental and Water Law, evaluation of the strategic environmental impact in irrigation works and the critical examination of management in Spain and Chile. Speakers: Miguel Mathus Escorihuela
(Director of the Institute of Water and Environment and Professor Emeritus of Environmental Law and Natural Resources), Antonio Fanlo Loras (University of Logroño, La Rioja, Spain), Líber Martín and Nicolás González del Solar (Professors of Environmental Law and Natural Resources and members from the Institute of Water and Environment FCJS UM), Aldo Rodríguez Salas (Universidad de Congreso), Andrés Nápoli (Universidad de Buenos Aires), Matías Desmadryl (former General Director of Waters of Chile), Ing. Fernando Gomensoro (DGI). Date of completion: November 2 and 3, 2017.

• Book presentation: “Legal regime of groundwater in Argentina” by Dr. Nicolás González del Solar. The presentation was given by doctors Emilio Vázquez Viera (Rector UM) and Miguel Mathus Escorihuela. (Vice Chancellor – Director of the UM Water and Environment Institute). Completion date: December 14, 2017.

• MINUTES No. 580. The H. Council unanimously resolves to approve the thesis project presented by the doctoral student Andrés Ugarte entitled: “The legal regime of urban solid waste in Argentina and Latin America.” The proposed Director is also approved: Dr. Ángel Ruiz de Apodaca and the Co-Director: Dr. Liber Martín.

2018

II International Congress “Water for the Future”.

Organized by: General Department of Irrigation. The commune of Ciudad and AySAM accompany; while academic collaboration was
charge, among others, of the Universidad de Mendoza and the IAA (Institute of Water and Environment). Objective: Debate and exchange experiences that project actions on the use, quantity and quality of world water. The main guidelines of the congress revolved around Water Security and Governance, in the face of the challenges generated by the effects of climate change. At the same time, this event is an opportunity for Mendoza to expose its vast technical and cultural tradition in matters
water, as well as its natural settings. Congress was declared of interest by both legislative chambers. Speakers: among its speakers was the Director of the Institute, Dr. Miguel Mathus Escorichuela and several of the researchers that make up the Institute. Date of completion: March 7 and 8. The launch can be seen at: https://www.irrigacion.gov.ar/web/2018/11/20/irrigacion-lanzo-el-ii-congreso y-expósito-internacional-agua-para-el-futuro/ . The news can be consulted at: http://www.um.edu.ar/es/noticias-um/noticias/7-fcjs/5656-ii-congreso-y expósito-internacional-agua-para-el-futuro-3 .html

• Book publication: Waste. Legal Regime of Waste Production and Management, its intervention and Control. A Comparative Perspective
Hispano-Argentina. Led by Dr. Ángel Ruiz de Apodaca (Spain) and Dr. María Valentina Erice (Argentina). Ed. Advocatus, Córdoba.

• Xº Regional Conferences – 9th National Conferences. Urban Ecology – Urban Green.

Organized by: School of Architecture, Urban Planning and Design of our University. Speakers: Dr. María Valentina Erice, Andrés Ugarte and Bárbara Peñaloza, among others. Date of completion: September 12, 13 and 14.

•2ndI National Congress of Environmental Law Institutes and Commissions.
Organized by: Environmental Law Commission of the Mendoza Bar Association, the Mendocino Institute of Environmental Law, and the Argentine Federation of Bar Associations (FACA). Deanery Resolution 77/18 – Sponsorship2ndI Congress Environmental Law Commissions. Date of realization:
October 18 and 19. The news can be seen at: http://colabogmza.com.ar/el Colegio-fue-campus-del-iii-congreso-nacional-de-derecho-ambiental/

• I Research Conference on Law.

Organized by: School of Law and Social Sciences. Speakers: The entire DIUM Project team, namely: Dr. María Valentina Erice, Andrés Ugarte, Guillermo Hernández, Bárbara Peñaloza, Alejandra Pascual and Ana Laura Rugoso. Date of completion: October 31 and 1
of November. The news can be consulted at: http://www.um.edu.ar/es/noticias-um/noticias/7-
fcjs/5443-day-of-research-in-law 2.html

•2ndI International Forum on Environmental Justice. Organized by: Environmental Court of Santiago de Chile.

Objective: The state of progress of environmental legislation, related to access to justice, public participation and access to environmental information, was analyzed from the perspective of specialists.
The Escazú Agreement and its implementation status were evaluated. The Drs. Andrés Ugarte and Guillermo Hernández attended as members of the DIUM Research Team and the Institute of Water and Environment. It is especially worth mentioning that Dr. Ángel Ruiz de Apodaca, Guest Professor in the DIUM Research Project and Full Professor of Administrative Law at the University of Navarra, served as speaker. Completion date: November 29 and 30. The program and the news can be consulted at: https://www.tribunalambiental.cl/iii foro-internacional-de-justicia-ambiental/

• MINUTES No. 584. The H. Council unanimously resolves to approve the thesis project presented by doctoral student Bárbara Virginia Peñaloza entitled: “Discarded electrical and electronic devices: an environmental challenge for Argentina.” The proposed Director is also approved: Dr. Liber MARTÍN

• Project: “Valuation of legal opinions on Water Law of the General Department of Irrigation (DGI)”. Directors: Dr. Mónica Andino and Dr. María Valentina Erice. The Project has academic endorsement from the School of Law and Social Sciences, by Resolution of the H. Council No. 17/18, of November 27, and a specific Agreement was signed with the DGI. By Resolution 0909 of September 7, 2018, the General Superintendent of Irrigation, Surveyor Engineer Sergio Marinelli, resolves to create the Historical Water Archive in Mendoza, of a public nature, intended to gather,
organize, preserve, catalog and make available for public consultation, documentary collections of a historical and/or heritage nature, resulting from water management in the province over time. The institution treasures minutes books, projects, files, plans, photos, press clippings, books, tools and other documents that testify to the use of water resources dating back to 1856, which allow the study and research of the history of the province itself of the management and administration of water in the region. The objective of this project is to collaborate in order to rescue, analyze, value and compile the legal opinions of prominent Advisors
Lawyers from the water authority of the Province of Mendoza for subsequent editing and publication to make effective the right of access to public information.

2019

• FCJS Doctorate, cycle: Law and new technologies.

The members of the Water and Environment Institute were invited as professors in module I: Public Law. Dr. María Valentina Erice presented the topic: “What new technologies leave behind when they are discarded: WEEE (Electrical and Electronic Waste). Completion date: June 14 and 15. The
Doctorate information can be consulted at:
http://www.um.edu.ar/es/postgrados-nuevo/degree courses/cienciasjuridicas-sociales/degree courses-de-posgrado/doctorado/el-derecho-ylas-nuevas-tecnolog%C3%ADas.html

• ARGENTINE UNIVERSITIES NETWORK FOR MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL INCLUSION (UAGAIS). At the Institute of Environmental Sciences (ICA) belonging to the Secretary of Extension and Liaison, the first meeting of universities in the Metropolitan Area of ​​Mendoza was held within the framework of the activities of the environment month. Dr. Cristina Párraga participated as a representative of Linkage and Extension of the UM and as a representative of the Institute of Water and Environment, Dr. María Valentina Erice. Date of completion: Tuesday, June 25. Information about the first meeting can be found at:
http://www.uncuyo.edu.ar/separa/en-la-uncuyo-se-realizo-la-primera-reunion-regional-de-universidades-por-gestion-ambiental-y-la-inclusion-social. La segunda reunión se realizó en la Universidad de Mendoza.

• Ateneo: “Extreme Hydrological Phenomena: Instruments of Financial and Tax Law.”

Organized by: School of Law and Social Sciences and Institute of Water and Environment. Speaker: Lic. Raquel Lacambra Orgillés –
Zaragoza's University. Completion date: July 24, 2019.

• DIUM Annual Meeting– We participate in the projects. September 26. The news can be seen at: http://www.um.edu.ar/es/noticias-um/noticias/11-
um/6058-annual-reunion-direction-research-universidad-mendoza-2.html. The summary can be consulted at:
http://www.um.edu.ar/es/contenido/departamentos/comunicacion-disenio/CRONOGRAMA-REUNIN_ANUAL_DIUM_2019-DIFINITIVO.pdf

• Research Seminar on Waste: Legal regime of
production and management.

Organized by: School of Law and Social Sciences through its Water and Environment Institute, at the proposal of the DIUM Research Project on Waste, with the financial sponsorship of Arg Cap-Net (Argentine Network for Training and Strengthening in Integrated Resource Management Water), and the institutional endorsement of the Bar Association of the First District of Mendoza.
Date and place of performance: September 30 on campus
Central.

• Interdisciplinary Conference on Waste: Legal regime for production and management.

Organized by: School of Law and Social Sciences through its
Institute of Water and Environment, at the proposal of the DIUM Research Project on Waste and has the financial sponsorship of Arg Cap-Net (Argentine Network for Training and Strengthening in Integrated Management of Water Resources), and the institutional endorsement of the Bar Association of the First Judicial District of Mendoza, the General Department of Irrigation, the National Water Institute and the Institute of Environmental Sciences of the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. The opening was led by Dean Dr. Gladys Josefina Puliafito; Mr. General Superintendent of Irrigation, Eng. Sergio Marinelli and
representing the director of the Institute of Water and Environment, Dr. Nicolás González del Solar. It had the outstanding participation of guest professor Dr. José Esteve Pardo, professor of Administrative Law at the University of Barcelona, ​​as well as other prominent local professionals specializing in the subject. Date and place of performance: October 1 at Central campus. The news can be consulted at:
http://www.um.edu.ar/es/noticias-um/noticias/7-fcjs/6099-regimen-juridico-deproduccion-y-gestion-de-residuos.htm

• Interdisciplinary Conference on Waste: Legal regime of production and management.

Date and place of performance: October 17 on campus San Rafael. The news can be consulted at:
http://www.um.edu.ar/es/noticias-um/noticias/12-
campussr/6083-interdisciplinary-day-on-waste legal-regime-production-and-management.html

• Research Seminar on Waste: Legal regime of production and management.

Organized by: School of Law and Social Sciences through its Water and Environment Institute, at the proposal of the DIUM Research Project on Waste, with the financial sponsorship of Arg Cap-Net (Argentine Network for Training and Strengthening in Integrated Waste Management). Water Resources), and the institutional endorsement of the Bar Association of San Rafael, Mendoza and Municipality of San Rafael.
Date and place of performance: October 18 at San Campus
Raphael.

• MINUTES No. 590. The H. Council unanimously resolves to approve the thesis project presented by doctoral student Guillermo Hernández entitled: “Access to Environmental Justice.” The proposed Director is also approved: Dr. Ángel Ruiz de Apodaca and the Co-Director: Dr. Mauricio Pinto.

•2nd Law Research Conference.

Organized by: School of Law and Social Sciences. Research group Valuation of legal opinions on water law of the General Department of Irrigation. Monica Marcela Andino. Research group The challenge of comprehensive management of urban solid waste Dr. María Valentina Erice. Date of completion: November 27, 28 and 29.

2020

• BOE – AGUDEMA.

By Resolution of the General Director of Research of the Government of Aragon, AGUDEMA (Water, Law and the Environment) is recognized
Environment), as a research group. Among the collaborating members are research members of the Institute of Water and Environment, namely: Dr. Marcela M. Andino, Dr. María Valentina Erice, Dr. Nicolás González del Solar, Dr. Líber Martín and doctoral student Mariana Rugoso. Official Gazette of Aragon, n° 62, pp. 8624 and 8625. Publication date: March 26, 2020

• Seminar “Detection and persistence of COVID-19 in wastewater”.

Organized by: DGI Water Observatory. endorse,
among others: Institute of Water and Environment UM. Date of completion: May 14, 5 pm –
Zoom website.

•2nd Interdisciplinary Research Seminar: Sustainable cities: the link between water and waste.

Organized by: Institute of Water and Environment and School of Law and Social Sciences of the Universidad de Mendoza, at the proposal of the DIUM Project on Waste. Endorses the DGI and the Environmental Law Commission of the College of Lawyers and Attorneys of the First Judicial District of the Province of Mendoza. Speakers: Prof. Dr. Ángel Ruiz de Apodaca, Professor of
Administrative Law of the University of Navarra. The activity we propose is sponsored by the Argentine Network for Training and Strengthening Integrated Management of
Water Resources (Arg Cap-Net), The Seminar was held online, it was freely accessible and free of charge through the ZOOM Meeting Pro platform; with 145 participants. Date of completion: June 05, World Environment Day. The activity is published at: http://www.um.edu.ar/es/fcjs/degree courses/institutos-de-investigaci%C3%B3n/instituto-agua-ambiente/activityes.html-. The news can be seen at: http://www.um.edu.ar/es/noticias-um/noticias/7-fcjs/6379-seminario-interdisciplinary-de-investigacion.html part through its Water Institute and Environment “Prof. “Joaquín López.” It is part of the activities that are being carried out for World Environment Day 2020. Date of completion: June 11, 2020. The video of the activity can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= aDBplaF4_OE

• Conference: “In Defense of Portezuelo from the Wind and Water of Mendoza.”

Organized by: Institute of Water and Environment “Prof. Joaquín López” and Postgraduate Secretary of the School of Law and Social Sciences of the Universidad de Mendoza, at the proposal of the Director of the Institute. Sole speaker: Prof. Dr. Miguel Mathus Escorihuela. Date of completion: June 17, 2020, World Day to combat desertification and drought. The activity and the video can be seen at: http://www.um.edu.ar/es/fcjs/degree courses/institutos de-investigaci%C3%B3n/instituto-agua-ambiente/activityes.html

•6thI International Conference of the Institute of Water and Environment: “Access to Environmental Information”.

Organized by: Institute of Water and Environment “Prof. Joaquín López” and Postgraduate Secretary of the School of Law and Social Sciences of the Universidad de Mendoza, at the proposal of Dr.
Valentina Erice. Date of completion: September 28, 2020, International Day of the Right of Access to Information (UNESCO). Speakers: Dr. Ángel Ruiz de Apodaca (University of Navarra), Dr. Guillermo Acuña (Legal Advisor and Head of Protocol in the Office of the Executive Secretariat of ECLAC in Santiago, Chile), Dr. David Barrio Lamarche (Official Environmental Issues in the
Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
Dr. María Gracia Andía (Head of the Guarantor Body of the Right of Access to Public Information CABA) and Miguel Darío Díaz (DGI). The activity and the video can be seen at: http://colabogmza.com.ar/viii-jornadas-internacionales-del-instituto-de-agua-y-ambiente-acceso-a-la-informacion-ambiental

•2ndI Law Research Conference.

Organized by: School of Law and Social Sciences. Speakers: The entire DIUM Project team, namely: Dr. María Valentina Erice, Andrés Ugarte, Guillermo Hernández, Bárbara Peñaloza, Alejandra Pascual and Ana Laura Rugoso. Date of completion: September 23 to 27, 2020.

• Cycle of Meetings: “Water and Gender in Latin America and the Caribbean”.

Director: Dr. Marcela Andino. Co-director: Dr. María Valentina Erice. Speakers: Lic. Marité Badui, Prof. Cristina Párraga, Dra.
Stephanie Buechler, Architect. Eliana Bórmida, Mgter. Georgina Guardatti, Mgter. Macarena Bertone, Lic. Carolina Romano, Dr. Gabriel Juan, Lic. Cecilia Buj de Altieri and Lic. Socorro Cubillos. Presentation: March 22, 2022 – Meetings: May 17, June 14, August 23, September 27, October 18 and November 29.

2021

• Course: “Water and Environmental Democracy”

Director. Mgter. Andrés Ugarte.
Co-chair: Dr. Valentian Erice. Modality: online. Meetings: Thursday, October 21, 28 and Wednesday, November 3, 2021.
Organized by: DIUM – FCJS – Arg Cap-Net. Sponsored by: Association of Magistrates of the Province of Mendoza, Argentine Federation of
Magistrates (FAM) and “Manuel A. Saez” Training Center. Speakers: Dr. Luis Felipe Guzmán Jimenez (Externado University of Colombia); Dr. María Fernanda Solanes (Reciclarg); Dr. Andrés Nápoli (FARN); Dr. Guillermo Hernández (UM); Dr. Silvina Furlotti (UM – Association of Magistrates) and Dr. Gonzalo Sozzo (National University of the Litoral).

• International Congress Water for the Future2ndI: Water for sustainable development.

2/3/4 November: ERICE, Valentina. 2020, December 9:
co-organizer of the online Conference: Landscape architecture in semi-arid regions, challenges and opportunities, organized by the General Department of Irrigation, online modality. UGARTE, Andrés, participation as speaker at the 11thV Cuyano Academic Meeting of Law “New judicial processes” – Topic: “Application of environmental legal principles in judicial processes” – National Academy of Law and Social Sciences of
Córdoba, Association of Magistrates of the Province of Mendoza, Public College of Lawyers and Attorneys of the Second Judicial District – City of San Rafael – October 31 and November 1, 2019. CUERVO, Carlos, “Environmental compliance. New paradigms” Compliance and Environmental Law. Universidad de Mendoza, Faculty of Economic Sciences. Carlos
Manuel Cuervo Leal. CROW, Carlos. Environmental Law and Intensive Farming Megafarms. Bar Associations from all over the country, Animal and Environmental Law Commissions together. installation of mega pig factories in Argentina, within the framework of the agreement with China from the point of view of Animal, Environmental Law and the Right to Health. 05.11.2020.CUERVO, Carlos. Environmental Law and Pandemic. 04-06-2020. Mendoza Bar Association, Speaker. Crisis and Environment.

2022

• 3rd Research Conference of the Research Directorate of the Universidad de Mendoza (DIUM 2022)”, in homage to the Dr. Ing. Cristina Parraga: Partial results of the research projects developed at the Research Institute with funding from the DIUM were presented. Date: August 23 and 24.

2023

• UM Research Conference 2023: Partial results of the research projects developed at the Research Institute with funding from the DIUM were presented. Date: August 9 and 10.

• Conversation: The Institute as Amicus Curiae in environmental causes

Speakers: – Dr. Miguel Mathus Escorihuela – Dr. María Valentina Erice – Dr. Nicolás González del Solar – Lawyer. María Candela Ferrari Fortes.

2013. The protection of groundwater in Spanish Law. Thomson Reuters – Aranzadi. Pamplona, ​​Spain.

2016. Book publication: Critical analysis of the Civil and Commercial Code of the Nation in matters of water and environment, Directed by: Miguel Mathus Escoriguela. Ed. EDIUM, Mendoza.

2018. Book publication: Waste. Legal Regime of the Production and Management of Waste, its intervention and Control. A Comparative Hispanic-Argentine Perspective. Led by Dr. Ángel Ruiz de Apodaca (Spain) and Dr. María Valentina Erice (Argentina). Ed. Advocatus, Córdoba.

• AGUDEMA (University of Zaragoza)
Researchers from the UM Institute of Water and Environment have close collaboration with the consolidated research group Water Law and Environment (AGUDEMA), from the University of Zaragoza. Since 2002, this group has maintained a systematic dedication to the study of the legal regime of water and natural resources.
Research projects, activities and publications are carried out together. http://www.agudema.com/index.html

• Agreements with foreign universities
– University of Zaragoza (Spain)
– University of Navarra (Spain)
– Externado University (Colombia)
– University of Murcia (Spain)

• General Irrigation Department
The Institute of Water and Environment has signed a Collaboration Agreement with the General Department of Irrigation of Mendoza (“DGI”). The DGI is a decentralized public body that manages water resources in the province of Mendoza,
regulating and supervising its use. It has institutional and budgetary autarky and constitutional hierarchy. Its main function is the general administration of public waters. All matters related to water resources are under its jurisdiction, such as the
preservation, distribution and regulation of water in its natural and artificial channels.
https://www.irrigacion.gov.ar/web/historia/

• CAP-NET ARG
Since 2014, the Institute of Water and Environment has been a member of the Argentine Network for Training and Strengthening in Integrated Management of Water Resources (Arg Cap-Net), which acts in relation to the development of capacities to promote Integrated Management of Water Resources. (IWRM). Its members are organizations in charge of water management; non-governmental organizations that have among their missions the protection of
water and environmental resources; basin organizations; companies that provide drinking water and sanitation services, and universities and scientific-technological institutes dedicated to the training of human resources, research and
carrying out studies and projects for the rational use and preservation of water and the environment. Arg Cap-Net is associated with the International Capacity Development Network for IWRM (Cap-Net) and the Latin American Capacity Development Network for Water Management (LA-WETnet).
www.argcapnet.org.ar