Greetings!

I would like to talk about our country’s Forests Law (you can read it here)

The 3^rd article sets the objectives of the law and says that it protects the forests by “regulating the expansion of the agricultural frontier” and in the 4^th article defines clearing of the woods as “any human act that makes the native forests lose their natural characteristics, establishing its conversion into other usages of the soil such as, among others: agriculture, stockbreeding, forest activities, construction of dams or the development of urbanized areas.”

However, Jorge Capitanich, governor of El Chaco, keeps on authorizing the clearing of the forrests’ trees of Chaco’s jungle, violating this national law granted by the support of more than a million and a half of Argentinians. (As a personal opinion, I would like to add that I do not know how he does it… I don’t know who he thinks he is, or how he has the gutts to do it, or whether if he can manage to sleep at night knowing that thousands of native people are being moved from their natural ecosystem; in order for our wood to go flowing down the river and to other countries for a few bucks)

Capitanich, Stop Clearing the Forests!

I still don’t know how to make a difference in this matter as a student. I know that in the long term, my studies and experiences will allow me to do something more solid about it; but for now –in the short term- I signed a demand towards Capitanich. A simple cyber action, nothing else… In the future, when our generation takes command of the decision making, let us hope we do not lose our connection with the Earth, let us be connected as a species, let us cooperate, let’s do it.

Huge hug,

Brian Longstaff.-

- But, how can it be? - well obviously, if our politicians don't mind about this law!

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