1. 2016 World Bank Land & Poverty Conference
Strengthening forest and land tenure in the argentine chaco Japan Policy and Human Resources Development Fund forests & communities project – Argentina 2015
WORLD BANK
María Alejandra Bouquet & Stamatis Kotouzas
ARGENTINA
Paola Bergallo, Florencia Saulino & Gustavo Maurino
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
2016 World Bank Land & Poverty Conference
Washington D.C., March 16, 2916.

2. Outline Background PHRD - Research & Participatory Dialogues
Some findings
Research and Governance dialogues:
Federal governance & legal frameworks
Civil society dialogues
Santiago del Estero
Next stage

3. The Chaco Region

4. Background: 1990-2015 Expansion of soya frontier Land use changes
Feed & fuel
Land use changes
New technologies
New large companies. From labour intensive to capital intensive production.
Land speculation & land grabbing
New Family Farming Law
Deforestation
New Forest & Land Regulation
Environmental changes
Agro-toxics
Water & roads
Small-scale criollo farmers and indigenous communities affected
Cattle and food producers pushed away
New conflicts among criollo and indigenous farmers

5. Expansion of soya production in the chaco region 1990-2014

6. Deforestation DEFORESTATION RATE
Annual loss of 0,82% of native forests
Annual loss of 1,25% of native forests
Annual loss of 1,31% of native forests
Source: Unidad de Manejo del Sistema de Evaluación Forestal
de la Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable (UMSEF)

7. Land tenure conflicts as of 2014
857 land conflicts
Land in conflict: 9,293, has - 3% of the country’s land
farmer families affected
87% of the conflicts: Criollo & indigenous families with informal land tenure

8. RESEARCH & PARTICIPATORY DIALOGUES
FIRST STAGE – 2014
FORMAL INSTITUTIONS
SECOND STAGE – 2015
INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS & PRACTICES
Legal frameworks “in the books”
Stakeholders map
Map of conflicts
Federal and provincial levels
New federal laws
Local regulations & institutions: Provincial & departamental
Governance dialogues
Civil society dialogues: criollos & indigenous communities
Horizontal & vertical coordination dialogues
LGAF exploration

9. Findings I - policy dialogue NEW overlapping regulatory frameworks & GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES
Native Forests Law
Indigenous Communities Land Law
New Civil Code
New Foreign Tenure & Rural Land Law
New Family Farmers Law
New Federal Environmental Law
Secretary of Environment
Native Forests Bureau
National Agency
Indigenous Peoples Rights
Federal & Provincial Courts
National Registry of Rural Lands
Secretary of Agriculture
Other Departments
Ministry of Justice (CAJS)
Federal Congress
Federal, Provincial &
Departamental Agencies

10. Findings ii Participatory dialogues - civil society & government santiago del estero

11. Participatory dialogue – santiago del estero Legalization, Information & deliberation

12. Research & participatory dialogues some findings
Overlapping regulatory frameworks & Institutions
National, provincial & departamental
Regulatory area
Lack of horizontal & Vertical coordination
Lack of information on property rights, land tenure & demarcation
Poor participatory mechanisms & intercultural dialogue
Conflicts between criollo & indigenous peoples
Judicialization of land conflicts – Alternative dispute mechanisms/Dialogue tables
Access to justice
Legal (des)empowerment: Courts & Administrative agencies
Lack of professional training & technical support to participate in forest management plans
Language & geographical barriers

13. Next stage? Coordination
New governmental project for the development of the Chaco region: Plan Belgrano
LGAF Implementation
Access to justice: Legal empowerment to interact with governmental agencies

14. Thank you muchas gracias