Deforestation in Argentina: Causes and consequences

The causes that are being carried out is deforestation in Argentina are: the Advance of the agricultural border (transgenic soybean and intensive livestock crops) and the Increased fire increases with the aim of making access to the territory easier.

Most agricultural producers are outside or from the Pampas region, benefit from the Chaco region located in the North of the countrydue to the low cost that the hectare has in this territory. For example, one hectare in the south of the country may be between 10,000 and 15 thousand dollars, while one hectare in the north can cost between $ 300 and 500. So, producers destroy and transform the soil with the aim of producing to profit economically at the expense of nature, instead of adapting to the possibilities and limitations offered by the ecosystem of the Chaco region. Although there are laws to protect forests, in the end, “the law made, the trap.” For example, if a company destroys a native forest, just pay a fine to continue doing so.

Here you can learn more about the causes of deforestation.

Regarding the Deforestation areas in Argentinawe can indicate that 80% of the hectares deforested in this country are distributed in the following provinces, belonging to the Chaco region Located in the north of the country:

• Chaco
• Santiago del Estero Formosa.
• Salta

The consequences of uncontrolled deforestation that Argentina is suffering There are many, but these are the main ones:

• It is important to know that in the jungles and forests there is a great biodiversity, in fact, it is estimated that more than half of all existing biodiversity can be found in the jungles and forests. If we sweep them, we are also ending with this great biodiversity and causing the extinction of many species.
• In addition, Argentine forests are not only inhabited by species of plants and animals, but are also the home of thousands of indigenous and peasant communities, so deforestation destroys households and the livelihood of these communities, when their possibilities are reduced to obtain wood, medicines and food.
• Deforestation not only causes a problem to the living beings that inhabit the forests, the soil and water bodies are also affected, since forests help regulate all these factors mentioned. Therefore, the deforestation of forests translates into the increase in floods, soil desertification and an acceleration of climate change.
• The transmission of diseases is another of the consequences that deforestation leaves. This allows wildlife populations carriers of bacteria, viruses or other microorganisms, come into contact with people who until now were isolated from these pathogens. Thus, they are diseases to which human beings have not been exposed for many centuries, thus increasing zoonotic diseases, that is, those that can transmit animals.

In this other article you can learn more about the consequences of deforestation.

The indiscriminate felling has had a great impact on the Native forests from Argentinathat is why possible solutions to this deforestation are urged.

• Greenpeace is currently pressing to be promoted by the Forest Crime Law. It is intended that this law considers the destruction of native forests as a criminal crime, without the possibility of being evaded when paying an economic fine. Large companies have a large capital and for them the payment of a fine of this type is nothing.
• In addition, another solution would be to constitute as a criminal crime the granting of permits that allow the disassembly of the areas that are protected.
• In order to conserve nature, all those actions that put it in danger (dismantling, fires caused, deforestation …) must be denounced and penalized. These acts have to be considered as a crime, since it is the only way to end the economic power of companies.
• On the other hand, it would also be convenient to force all those companies or people to restore all those forests that illegally damaged.
• At the most individual level or participating with non -profit associations and organizations, you can choose to help reforest the deforested Argentine forests. Here you can learn more about what reforestation and its importance are.

Now that you know all this, we encourage you to discover more about this problem globally with this other post about the indiscriminate felling of trees in forests.

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