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Private-land control and deforestation dynamics in the context of implementing the Native Forest Law in the Northern Argentinian Dry Chaco

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2020

Sofia Marinaro Open the ORCID record for Sofia Marinaro [Opens in a new window] ,
Nestor Ignacio Gasparri  and
Veronica Piriz-Carrillo
Sofia Marinaro*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ecología Regional (CONICET-UNT), Residencia Universitaria de Horco Molle, Edificio Las Cúpulas, Yerba Buena, Tucumán, Argentina Centro de Estudio y Aplicación del Ciclo de Indagación (CEyACI), Fac. de Cs. Naturales e IML, Tucumán, Argentina
Nestor Ignacio Gasparri
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ecología Regional (CONICET-UNT), Residencia Universitaria de Horco Molle, Edificio Las Cúpulas, Yerba Buena, Tucumán, Argentina Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e IML, Tucumán, Argentina
Veronica Piriz-Carrillo
Affiliation:
Independent professional
*
Author for correspondence: Dr Sofia Marinaro, Email: sofiamarinaro@gmail.com
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Summary

Subtropical dry forests are among the largest and most threatened terrestrial biomes worldwide. In Argentina, the Native Forest Law (NFL) was passed in 2007 to regulate deforestation by mandating the provincial zonation of forested areas, while the erection of fences has been an increasingly common mechanism of private-land control reinforcement in the region; this is mainly fuelled by imminent land-use changes, recent land transactions or subsidies from the NFL. We explored the dynamics between the erection of fences and deforestation in the Northern Argentinian Dry Chaco (NADC) during the implementation of the NFL. We found that a third of land deforested during 2000–2017 had been previously fenced, with the highest percentage (44%) occurring during the sanction of the NFL (2007) and the completion of the forest-zonation maps (2011). Only 34% of deforestation within fenced areas occurred in zones where deforestation was legally permitted. In total, 327 386 ha of forests had been fenced within NADC by 2017, representing areas of potential access restriction for local people, who historically used forest resources for survival. Additionally, 57% of the fenced area occurred in zones where deforestation was restricted. A novel remote-sensing application can serve as an early-warning tool for deforestation.

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common-pool resourcesecosystem servicesforest-zonation mapsindigenous communitiesland-use changesopen accesspeasants
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Environmental Conservation , Volume 47 , Issue 4 , December 2020 , pp. 277 - 283
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