The article examines the constitutional and legislative framework devoted to prior consultations in Ecuador.
The questions that this research intends to answer are: What is the source of legitimisation of the participation in environmental matters in its deliberative variant? Which are the subjects authorized to participate
in the consultations and what effects do the dialogical processes produce? How is the decision procedure
structured? Is it guaranteed the representation of interests of Mother Earth? The aim is to highlight the
tensions of a State that is ecological and extractivist at the same time.
