The government is monitoring forest fires: today, Argentina is not threatened

"We respect the commitments made, strengthening our environmental policy and sharing efforts with the countries of the region for the preservation of one of the main lungs of the planet and a significant part of its biodiversity"added the official.

23 projects will restore 1,700 hectares of forests in the north and south

In this sense, he stressed that "just as we have collaborated with Chile to coordinate and share resources, equipment and information for environmental emergencies, we have today, through the National Integrated Risk Management System (SINAGIR), an operational capability the political decision to offer our Bolivian and Brazilian neighbors the necessary collaboration to deal with the difficult situation in which they find themselves. "

The Ministry of Environment monitors forest fires

Bergman recalled that his secretariat "Monitoring is ongoing and daily fire hazard and rural hazard maps for the entire country, alerts and a combustibility index are published. Biweekly reports are reported to the provinces of the early warning system of deforestation. It appears from the badysis of this information that today, Argentina is not threatened, have noticed.

Bergman also stated that "our efforts to reduce deforestation and the loss of natural forests have put the rate of deforestation in less than half of what has been recorded in recent decades, while agricultural and forestry sector is showing sustained growth, "he added.

The official said in journalistic statements that "these data allow us to glimpse that the development and conservation of forests are a possible goal".