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Administración de Parques Nacionales

Administración de Parques Nacionales

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The National Parks Administration of Argentina (Spanish: Administración de Parques Nacionales) is a public agency in charge of maintaining the network of national parks, created in 1934 to preserve the biological diversity and the cultural resources of the country.[1][2][3] It is managed by the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development.

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History

The administration was established in 1934 by the federal law Nº 12 103/34 as the National Parks Department, together with creating Argentina's second national park, Iguazú. The first one, Del Sur, now known as Nahuel Huapi, preceded the department's creation by 12 years.

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  1. [1]
    Burkart, Rodolfo (1994). "Use and Management of Natural Resources in Argentina's Protected Areas". Unasylva. 45: 8–14.
  2. [2]
    "Historia Institucional" (in Spanish). Administración de Parques Nacionales. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Argentina Cooperates - National Public Administration capacities to know and share" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship. November 19, 2015. p. 280. Retrieved March 29, 2017.

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