This paper recovers reflections of two studies that followed a qualitative methodology.It contributes to knowledge about environmental management instruments in a particular jurisdiction of Argentina, the Buenos Aires Province (BAP).It has as its starting point, the recognition of the importance of interdisciplinary work in reflection on environmental issues.It focuses the attention, on one hand, in the environmental management tools proposed in two fields of social sciences: environmental economics and environmental law.On the other hand, it presents a characterization and analysis of the environmental main instruments of management in the indicated jurisdiction.The analysis allows to point out that the instruments has a poor implementation because the agencies that develop environmental functions do not have a technical capacity and it is little known by the civil society.