Native forests in Salta. Between the territory ordering and the possible re-(dis)orderings

Abstract

In November 2007 in Argentina, National Law No. 26,331 (“Forests Act”) was passed, urging each province to carry out a Territorial Planning of Native Forests. Salta was one of the firsts provinces to comply by enacting law No. 7,543 in December 2008. In this article, through an analysis of documental, legal and newspaper material, as well as interviews carried out in the framework of our doctoral research, we offer a chronology and analysis of the case of Salta, in order to investigate the territorial projects in tension around the definition of the native forests environmental policy, and suggest some future perspectives considering the possible territorial re-(dis)orderings.