The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources plans to expedite the reception and approval of environmental licenses, and for this it is preparing a digital platform that will respond to users about the feasibility or not of their applications. 

The environment minister, Alfonso Alonso, explained to Dca.gob.gt that " ... the System will have the capacity to inform interested parties, in less than 10 minutes, whether an environmental impact study that is submitted to obtain a license is viable or not, something which previously took between 3 to 4 months."

The head of the institution added that " ... this will allow a streamlining of processes up to 90 percent effectiveness. The implementation of this initiative is planned to be done by the end of this year. " 

Source: Diario de Centro América

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