24.2
Published onFor 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:
Law No. 26,331 on Minimum Environmental Protection Standards for Native Forests.
https://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/135000-139999/136125/norma.htm
COFEMA, rejection of the amendment to Law No. 26,331, Argentina Forestal, 5 May 2026.
La Nación, “May Council: Proposed Changes to Land and Forest Regulations”, 9 December 2025.
AFOPE, position submitted to COFEMA, Argentina Forestal, 12 March 2026.
FARN, analysis of the 2025 Budget and the dissolution of FOBOSQUE, October 2024.
FARN, “International Day of Forests”, March 2026.
https://farn.org.ar/dia-internacional-bosques-ley-clave-frenar-deforestacion/
Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina, “We Lost More Than 6.5 Million Hectares of Forests in 2022”, 2023.
Greenpeace Argentina, 2024 Annual Deforestation Report, January 2025.
Decree No. 888/2024, dissolution of FOBOSQUE.
https://www.boletinoficial.gob.ar/detalleAviso/primera/312897/20241011
In Argentina, native forests are classified into three conservation categories under Law No. 26,331 and the corresponding provincial regulations: Category I (red), Category II (yellow) and Category III (green). Category I comprises areas of very high conservation value that must not be converted, while Category II permits limited uses such as sustainable tourism and harvesting. Category III allows partial or total conversion, provided that it complies with the criteria established by law.
The classification of native forests into these categories supports the implementation of land-use planning policies by defining the activities permitted in each area. Each province must prepare a Native Forest Land-Use Plan (OTBN), taking into account environmental sustainability criteria.
Source: Undersecretariat of Environment.
Funding
FIRST ANALYSIS OF THIS OBJECTIVE CONDUCTED IN AUGUST 2025
Category
No information
Detail
The indicator cannot be calculated. For 2023, CIAM only publishes the area of native forest declared by each province, disaggregated by conservation category, without year-on-year data series or annual loss figures specifically disaggregated for green-category areas. In addition, no response was received to the information requests submitted. As of December 2023, only three provinces had updated their Native Forest Land-Use Plans: Tierra del Fuego, Santa Cruz and Santa Fe. Chaco and Salta were engaged in technical exchanges, while the plans of the remaining provinces had expired.
Regarding the budgetary context, the National Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Plan Implementation Report indicates that the Native Forest Fund increased from $5,712,415,000 in 2022 to $9,000,000,000 in 2023, an increase of 57%, while the National Native Forest Protection Programme increased from $525,000,000 to $1,000,000,000, an increase of 90%. However, the situation deteriorated in 2024: the rolled-over budget maintained the nominal allocation at $9 billion, representing a real-terms decline; the execution of transfers was virtually nil; and the FOBOSQUE trust fund was abolished in October 2024 through Decree No. 888/24. In summary, the additional funding provided in 2023 did not develop into sustained financing or effective implementation capacity in 2024.
For these reasons, the assigned category is “No information”.