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Of the ten objectives proposed for the National Logistics Strategy, under the objective to boost the modernization and competitiveness of the sector through innovation and new technologies, the NLS also expects to promote the image of the sector and encourage the reduction of the negative externalities associated with cargo transport operations (adverse environmental effects, accidents, physical safety, etc.) among other objectives

The 2008 Constitution enshrines the right of the population to live in a healthy and ecologically balanced environment that ensures sustainability and a good way of living, reiterating the need to promote a healthy and sustainable environment and guarantee safe access to water, air and the soil

The National Environmental Policy emphasizes the close linkages between the economy and the ecosystem by building the environmental variable into the economic model, highlighting the adaptation of the production sector to environmental best practices, the sustainable mining of renewable resources and incentives for profitable productive activities with a low environmental impact, including the efficient use of strategic resources for sustainable development, and the need to deal with climate change in order to reduce social, economic and environmental vulnerability

Under the Yasuni initiative, the international community should make a financial contribution of at least US$3,600 million or the equivalent of 50 per cent of the funds that would accrue to the State should it decide to mine oil, preventing the emission of 407 million tonnes of CO2, the gas mainly responsible for climate change

Tourism is undergoing innovation and will form the basis for developing sustainable tourism, including ensuring a better use of resources and crosscutting socio-cultural and environmental management measures among others

The 2008 Constitution contains guidelines for international relations and good living that, inter alia, deal with "inclusion" and equity, biodiversity, and natural resources

The State is expected to promote environmentally responsible exports and imports that adversely affect domestic production, the population, and nature

Ecuador has participated actively in the DDA of multilateral trade negotiations whose latest individual or joint submissions relate to TRIPS and TRIPS-related issues (e.g. biological diversity, wines and spirits) and fisheries subsidies, among other issues

The 2010 Organic Code of Production, Trade and Investment establishes so-called investor rights of investments which must be consistent with the policy of prioritizing social and environmentally sustainable investment, i.e. to generate employment and not cause environmental damage

Import prohibitions and restrictions apply mainly for reasons of, inter alia, human, animal or plant life or health, the environment