Ecosystem and Cultural Services Environmental, Legal and Social Perspectives in Argentina

This book describes cases and experiences in connection with environmental and cultural ecosystem services in Argentina. It contributes to the debate in connection with different approaches to analyse ecosystem services, focusing on the environment, the Law and social perspectives and concerns. Among the topics discussed are the implementation of the National Forests Act, the regulation and recognition of ecosystem services, the role of indigenous people, the policies in place for nature and forest conservation in different regions of Argentina.

This book is one of the few research studies about cultural ecosystem services developed in Latin America and presents an attractive combination of the legal, environmental and social approaches and was written by an interdisciplinary team of academics who have theoretical and practical experience in this region where there is a valuable natural and cultural heritage.

Introduction. Clara Minaverry and Sebastián Valverde.

I. Environmental Ecosystem Services:

1.       Environmental policies and territorial conflicts in Argentina. From native forests deforestation to agrotoxic fumigations in the province of Salta. Mariana Schmidt.

2.       Ecosystem services of urban and peri-urban forests in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Analía Scarselletta and Elena Craig

3.       Ecosystem services and water quality in Antonio Carboni, Lobos, in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Raúl Matranga

II. Cultural Ecosystem Services:

4.       Introduction: indigenous presence and legislation in Argentina. Juan Engelman and Sofía Varisco

5.       Forests, culture and health. Mariana Costaguta, Martín Rodríguez Morcelle, Laura Gabucci and Bruno Lus.

6.       Forests, public policies in Norpatagonia Argentina: small producers, capitals and territorial disputes. Valeria Iñigo, Alejandro Balazote and Gabriel Stecher.

7.       Indigenous and peasants lands under the spotlight: a state forest policy in the Gran Chaco, Argentina. Natalia Castelnuovo.