As new legislation has not yet been adopted, the 2001 mining code is in force without its 2010 amendments. The development of the National Policy for Integrated Management of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is said to have been rushed, limiting opportunities for stakeholder engagement (ODI, 2010). In addition, there is evidence that the industrial lobby has been able to reduce both the evolution and ambition of environmental policies, in relation to establishing targets and translating them into practice. Nevertheless, there have been cases where courts have effectively been used for environmental protection (UNEP, 2013). For example, in a court case that involved logging on the territory of indigenous peoples, the court found that “the devastation of forests alters their relation with the environment and endangers their lives, since with the reduction or disappearance of the forest, the main source of animal protein is also reduced or extinguished”.