Supreme Decree No. 125 of 2003 enacted the National Aquaculture Policy, which is intended to promote the economic growth of aquaculture within a framework of environmental sustainability and fair access to the activity.
The National Forest Corporation (ONAF), which is responsible for the conservation and sustainable use of wood land and forest resources, offers rebates of between 75 and 90 per cent of the net costs of afforestation and sustainable forest management activities, especially those carried out by small wood land owners.
According to the Bicentenary Mining Policy, one of the main components of State policy in the sector is to promote the sustainable development of the mining industry.
The Framework Agreement for the Integral Sustainability of Small-Scale Mining, signed in August 2005 by the Ministries of Mining and the Economy, together with other public and private entities, aims inter alia at improving the environmental conditions of the productive processes.
The Protocol of Agreement on Energy Efficiency in Large-Scale Mining, signed in 2008 by the Ministries of Mining and Energy, the National Energy Commission, the sector's trade associations (the Mining Council and the National Mining Society) and Chile's principal mining enterprises, provides for the promotion of research aimed at introducing improved energy efficiency practices into mining.