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There is a longstanding forestry industry in Argentina, as illustrated by this display at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis; however major exports did not begin until 1999. The forestry sector in Argentina has great potential. The geography of the country extends from north to south, encompassing 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi).
Aquatic plants thrive in the wetlands of Argentina. In central Argentina the humid pampas are a true tallgrass prairie ecosystem. [1] In Argentina forest cover is around 10% of the total land area, equivalent to 28,573,000 hectares (ha) of forest in 2020, down from 35,204,000 hectares (ha) in 1990. In 2020, naturally regenerating forest covered ...
According to data from NGO Fundación Vida Silvestre (Forest Life Foundation), despite Argentina having a Forest Protection Law, the Gran Chaco has lost 30% of its forests, with 76% of the ...
The Jaramillo Petrified Forest National Park is a protected area of petrified forest located in the Deseado Department, in the northeast of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Formerly part of the site was a natural monument, established in 1954 and known as the Petrified Forest Natural Monument , covering about 13,700 hectares (34,000 acres).
Russia has the largest area of forests of any country on Earth, with around 12 million km 2 of boreal forest, larger than the Amazon rainforest. Russia's forests contain 55% of the world's conifers and represent 11% of biomass on Earth. It is estimated that 20,000 km 2 (7,700 sq mi) are deforested each year. [34]
Rewilding Argentina (Spanish: Fundación Rewilding Argentina) is an Argentine nonprofit conservation organization. It purchases private land, restoring ecosystems and developing wildlife corridors , then donates the land for national parks.
The espinal is a broad arc of arid land in the interior of Argentina to the north and west of Buenos Aires, extending from the northern Uruguay border west through Santa Fe to Cordoba and south to the Atlantic coast south of Bahía Blanca. [3] It includes central Santa Fe Province, Córdoba Province and the northern part of San Luis Province. [1]
The Valdivian temperate forests (NT0404) is an ecoregion on the west coast of southern South America, in Chile and Argentina. It is part of the Neotropical realm . The forests are named after the city of Valdivia .