The Argentine Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Nation announced an auspicious afforestation plan promoted by his portfolio.
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He stressed that it will be held "thinking about the present and future generations, placing value on caring for the environment".
The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Nation, Julián DomÃnguez, announced that "in 2022 we are going to start a program to plant 100 million trees throughout the country."
The auspicious afforestation plan, in charge of the portfolio, was announced by the minister together with the National Director of Industrial Forestry Development, Daniel Maradei, and the Undersecretary of Agriculture, Delfo Buchaillot, at a Forest Inventories meeting where the survey of the industry that was validated by the entire agroforestry chain.
In this context, DomÃnguez added that "the Program aims to plant, care for and support 100 million trees in their growth throughout the country, the equivalent of two trees per inhabitant.
"We are going to work to demonstrate that environmental quality and the protection and preservation of natural resources for future generations can be compatible with business dreams and aspirations that are driven by policies of comprehensive care and protection of the common home," he stressed.
"We want this program to be a national motivation to value our geographical position as a country, to value caring for the environment," emphasized DomÃnguez. And in that sense, he announced that "work will be done in a coordinated manner with the provinces and municipalities."
In his speech, the head of the agricultural portfolio also stressed that “after 20 years the conclusions of the survey of the forest industry can be known because without a doubt it will be the starting point to think about the business strategy, on the one hand, and of public policies of the Nation State and the Council of Ministers, on the other â€.
"It is central for our portfolio to have the information, where all the actors of the productive system, the private sector, the producers, the provinces have data in which they trust, from which they can define strategies", concluded the minister, before representatives of the sector from all over the country. ■