larch SUGGESTED THAT ARE DECLARED WORLD HERITAGE
Minister National Tourism, Enrique Meyer, at the request of Mayor Alerces National Park, Ricardo Perez and Mayor of Esquel, Rafael Williams, has begun the formal process of application to UNESCO.
definitely is to launch efforts to ensure that the population of larch Alerces National Park, be included in the Tentative List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites Site in order to prioritize their conservation status.
In this regard it is considered that the ancient forests of larch fully comply with the requirements for a declaration as World Heritage, since the site's natural beauty is combined with the characteristic of being long-lived species that is necessary to keep and unique example of ecological processes of evolution of an ancient plant community.
The International Year of Forests, declared by the United Nations, to draw the attention of all citizens of the world during 2011. It aims to increase the recovery and conservation efforts of the global tree stands and remember that an essential part of global sustainable development, thanks to the economic, sociocultural and environmental factors that provide.
Alerzal For the millennium, we are talking about one of the oldest forests in the world, who for 73 years is protected by the national state through the national protected areas system. It's a simple equation: if there is no protection on the larch wood, most likely because ancient giants did not exist.
Alerces National Park was created in 1937, and one of the main reasons for its establishment was the existence of the largest and most notable of larch forests in the country (a total of 7371 hectares, corresponding to 35.7% the total area occupied this species in the Republic of Argentina) Studies came to determine that some individuals may exceed 50 meters high and 4 meters in diameter and have ages ranging around 3,600 years old, the second being the larches world's oldest species.
Inside the Park, the larch forests are in the categories of maximum protection Zona Intangible, that is to use maximum restraint. Only supports the scientific or educational use regulated in the latter case through sustainable tourism in the context of the management plan of the protected area in question.
The city of Esquel, which is 45 km from the Park Maintenance is the most important town in the area in terms of infrastructure and communication services, and from the tourism point of view, is the distribution center more important for visitors to the park. By way of background, it is noteworthy that the initiative for the registration of larch forests as World Heritage Site it was found municipal interest (Statement No. 06/03) by the City Council of Esquel in 2003.
While the greatest percentage of larch forests in Argentina are in a national reserve system and conservation, particularly in the Parque Nacional Los Alerces, it is necessary that this system of international protection scope as that result from the declaration as World Heritage Site of such forests.
Previous analysis on the future classification of larch forests highlight the significant impact that the declaration of World Heritage will have on the development of tourism activity at local and national which would increase resources for conservation .-
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