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| | ARGENTINA: Auctioned Nature Reserve - Unwelcome New Challenge for Environmentalists |
 | | For example, in the Copo National Park in the northern province of Santiago del Estero (which borders Salta), the word 'desafectación' is already beginning to be mentioned for a specific area where people are living, where eviction would otherwise be very costly," she said. |
 | | In a conversation with IPS, the president of the National Park Administration, Enrique Espina, admitted that the decision to 'desafectar' the reserve "is not wonderful news," even if the Salta provincial government's argument that the forest there was already severely degraded is accepted, along with its offer to protect another area as compensation. |
 | | Espina, however, argued that the centre-left government of President Néstor Kirchner cannot intervene "out of respect for the provincial government's jurisdiction," nor does it have the "legal authority to overrule the 'desafectación'," said Espina, who is responsible for the country's parks, reserves and national natural monuments. |
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