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For the definition of the assigned category and the development of the assessment, the responses to the following information requests were taken into account:

Undersecretariat of Environment

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xFMd7Yv9Xfwucs2Tl_3ToCOvlGsfzoZG/view?usp=drive_link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M3W7xK5Ep0uEaZ24MTGTbRt-Opj1ddud/view?usp=drive_link

 

Further information:

National Action Plan on Forests and Climate Change (PANByCC), National Directorate of Climate Change / National Directorate of Forests, 2017.

https://www.argentina.gob.ar/sites/default/files/plan_de_accion_nacional_de_bosques_y_cc_0.pdf

Argentina’s Forest Reference Emission Level (FREL), resubmitted to the UNFCCC in October 2019.

https://redd.unfccc.int/files/2019_nref_argentina_resubmission_oct_final.pdf

First Biennial Transparency Report (BTR1), Undersecretariat of Environment, December 2024, including the 2022 NGHGI.

https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/IBT1%20Argentina_2024.pdf

Forest Reference Emission Level, Argentina.gob.ar.

https://www.argentina.gob.ar/ambiente/cambio-climatico/nivel-referencia-emisiones-forestales

National Forest Monitoring System (SNMB).

https://www.argentina.gob.ar/jefatura/turismo-y-ambiente/ambiente/recursos-naturales/sistema-nacional-de-monitoreo-de-bosques

Deforestation Early Warning System (SATD).

https://www.argentina.gob.ar/ambiente/bosques/sistema-de-alerta-temprana-de-deforestacion

Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina, “We Lost More Than 6.5 Million Hectares of Forests in 2022”, 2023.

https://www.vidasilvestre.org.ar/?26221/Perdimos-mas-de-6-millones-y-medio-de-hectareas-de-bosques-en-2022

Greenpeace Argentina, 2024 Annual Deforestation Report, January 2025.

https://www.greenpeace.org/argentina/story/problemas/bosques/greenpeace-denuncia-la-perdida-de-150-000-hectareas-de-bosques-en-el-norte-de-argentina-en-2024/

Decree No. 888/2024, dissolution of FOBOSQUE.

https://www.boletinoficial.gob.ar/detalleAviso/primera/312897/20241011

COFEMA, rejection of the amendment to Law No. 26,331, Argentina Forestal, 5 May 2026.

https://www.argentinaforestal.com/2026/05/05/ley-nac-26-331-cofema-rechazo-la-modificacion-de-la-ley-de-bosques-nativos/

 

FIRST ANALYSIS OF THIS OBJECTIVE CONDUCTED IN AUGUST 2025

 

Category

Early progress

 

Detail

Early progress is identified on the basis of the degree of formalisation of the regulations and measurement systems currently available to support compliance with the commitments and strategies described in detail below.

Regarding current initiatives, the Undersecretariat of Environment reported that, as of May 2025, 11 provinces had submitted at least one draft of their Climate Change Response Plan and were engaged in technical exchanges with the Technical and Administrative Coordination Unit (CTA): Chaco, Chubut, Córdoba, Entre Ríos, Formosa, La Rioja, Río Negro, San Juan, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero and Tierra del Fuego. Three provinces—Jujuy, La Pampa and Misiones—already had validated plans.

However, updated data are not available. The Forest Reference Emission Level (FREL) is used to assess the country’s performance in reducing emissions and increasing greenhouse gas removals resulting from forest management. However, the latest report contains data only up to 2019. For these reasons, the assigned category is “Early progress”.