More than 10,000 rural fires per year: the CPIA warns that Argentina needs a permanent prevention policy
The Forest Technical Commission of the Professional Council of Agronomic Engineering (CPIA) publicly outlined its position regarding the growing recurrence and severity of rural fires in Argentina, basing in a document the need to prioritize comprehensive prevention strategies in the country. The Technical Forestry Commission of the CPIA expresses, initially in the document, "its deep regret for the serious damage caused by the rural fires that are currently ravaging Argentine Patagonia", particularly in regions such as Northern Patagonia, Los Alerces National Park and other affected areas in the provinces of Chubut, Río Negro, Neuquén, La Pampa and Santa Cruz
