Native Forests and Agriculture in Salta (Argentina) : conflicting visions of development
Despite much deforestation in the past, the northwestern Argentinean province of Salta still has more than 6 million hectares of native forests. Land use conversion for agriculture is threatening these forests and the survival of indigenous populations and small-scale farmers. In November 2007, Arge...
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| author | Seghezzo, Lucas Volante, Jose Norberto Paruelo, José María Somma, Daniel Jorge Buliubasich, Emiliana Catalina Rodriguez, Héctor E. Gagnon, Sandra Hufty, Marc |
| author_browse | Buliubasich, Emiliana Catalina Gagnon, Sandra Hufty, Marc Paruelo, José María Rodriguez, Héctor E. Seghezzo, Lucas Somma, Daniel Jorge Volante, Jose Norberto |
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| description | Despite much deforestation in the past, the northwestern Argentinean province of Salta still has more than 6 million hectares of native forests. Land use conversion for agriculture is threatening these forests and the survival of indigenous populations and small-scale farmers. In November 2007, Argentina’s National Congress passed a law to regulate the management and conservation of native forests. This “Forest Law” required provincial governments to implement comprehensive and participatory Land Use Planning Processes (LUPPs). In this article, we describe and analyze, within a political ecology framework, the LUPP carried out in Salta. We focus on the conflicts derived from the different visions of development held by the interest groups involved, and we highlight some contradictions between their discourses and practices. We argue that “development” or “progress,” understood as a process of wealth and power accumulation linked to the possession of land and the production of agricultural commodities, was the leading ideology of political and economic elites in Salta during the LUPP. This ideology, and the established institutional power system behind it, was challenged when the National Supreme Court of Justice decided to suspend logging and deforestation activities on land claimed by marginalized ethnic and socioeconomic groups. We assess the implications of this ruling for the conservation of native forests and local livelihoods. As the final outcome of this case is still uncertain, a number of possible scenarios are presented and discussed. |
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| spelling | INTA75192020-07-06T14:04:43Z Native Forests and Agriculture in Salta (Argentina) : conflicting visions of development Seghezzo, Lucas Volante, Jose Norberto Paruelo, José María Somma, Daniel Jorge Buliubasich, Emiliana Catalina Rodriguez, Héctor E. Gagnon, Sandra Hufty, Marc Bosques Bosque Primario Deforestación Agricultura Conflictos Forests Primary Forests Deforestation Agriculture Conflicts Bosque Nativo Salta, Argentina Despite much deforestation in the past, the northwestern Argentinean province of Salta still has more than 6 million hectares of native forests. Land use conversion for agriculture is threatening these forests and the survival of indigenous populations and small-scale farmers. In November 2007, Argentina’s National Congress passed a law to regulate the management and conservation of native forests. This “Forest Law” required provincial governments to implement comprehensive and participatory Land Use Planning Processes (LUPPs). In this article, we describe and analyze, within a political ecology framework, the LUPP carried out in Salta. We focus on the conflicts derived from the different visions of development held by the interest groups involved, and we highlight some contradictions between their discourses and practices. We argue that “development” or “progress,” understood as a process of wealth and power accumulation linked to the possession of land and the production of agricultural commodities, was the leading ideology of political and economic elites in Salta during the LUPP. This ideology, and the established institutional power system behind it, was challenged when the National Supreme Court of Justice decided to suspend logging and deforestation activities on land claimed by marginalized ethnic and socioeconomic groups. We assess the implications of this ruling for the conservation of native forests and local livelihoods. As the final outcome of this case is still uncertain, a number of possible scenarios are presented and discussed. EEA Salta Fil: Seghezzo, Lucas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Investigaciones en Energía no Convencional. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Física. Instituto de Investigaciones en Energía no Convencional; Argentina Fil: Volante, Jose Norberto. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Salta; Argentina Fil: Paruelo, José María. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura. Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos y Sistemas de Información. Laboratorio de Análisis Regional y Teledetección; Argentina Fil: Somma, Daniel Jorge. Administración Nacional de Parques Nacionales; Argentina Fil: Buliubasich, Emiliana Catalina. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Centro de Investigaciones En Historia y Antropología; Argentina Fil: Rodriguez, Héctor E. Universidad Nacional de Salta; Argentina Fil: Gagnon, Sandra. Universidad en Ginebra. Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; Suiza Fil: Hufty, Marc. Universidad en Ginebra. Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; Suiza 2020-07-06T13:57:34Z 2020-07-06T13:57:34Z 2011-09 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7519 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1070496511416915 1552-5465 1070-4965 https://doi.org/10.1177/1070496511416915 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf SAGE Publishing Journal of Environment & Development 20 (3) : 251-277 (2011) |
| spellingShingle | Bosques Bosque Primario Deforestación Agricultura Conflictos Forests Primary Forests Deforestation Agriculture Conflicts Bosque Nativo Salta, Argentina Seghezzo, Lucas Volante, Jose Norberto Paruelo, José María Somma, Daniel Jorge Buliubasich, Emiliana Catalina Rodriguez, Héctor E. Gagnon, Sandra Hufty, Marc Native Forests and Agriculture in Salta (Argentina) : conflicting visions of development |
| title | Native Forests and Agriculture in Salta (Argentina) : conflicting visions of development |
| title_full | Native Forests and Agriculture in Salta (Argentina) : conflicting visions of development |
| title_fullStr | Native Forests and Agriculture in Salta (Argentina) : conflicting visions of development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Native Forests and Agriculture in Salta (Argentina) : conflicting visions of development |
| title_short | Native Forests and Agriculture in Salta (Argentina) : conflicting visions of development |
| title_sort | native forests and agriculture in salta argentina conflicting visions of development |
| topic | Bosques Bosque Primario Deforestación Agricultura Conflictos Forests Primary Forests Deforestation Agriculture Conflicts Bosque Nativo Salta, Argentina |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7519 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1070496511416915 https://doi.org/10.1177/1070496511416915 |
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