Cases / Finance, funds and markets · Argentina · 2021
Argentina's Forest Law fund got 4.8% of its legal floor in 2021
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
Argentina's national Forest Law fund was allocated 4.8% of its legal floor in 2021, according to Chequeado. At stake: funding for forest protection under the law.
What?
The Forest Law fund was allocated 4.8% of its legal floor in 2021, according to Chequeado. Chequeado
Where?
Argentina (national Forest Law fund) Chequeado
When?
2021 Chequeado
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Allocation to the national Forest Law fund, measured against its legal floor. Chequeado
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who
What happened
The record, in order.
Chequeado checked a statement by Alberto Fernández, 'Vamos a cuidar nuestros bosques', against the Forest Law fund's allocation.
The fund received 4.8% of its legal floor in 2021, according to that check.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record Not stated in the sources reviewed: the allocation in currency terms, or whether the shortfall was later addressed.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: the Forest Law followed a petition of about 1.5 million signatures.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: about 2.1 million hectares were cleared after the law by 2014, including 626,244 hectares of protected forest (Greenpeace Argentina; not checked).
- None on record Not stated in the sources reviewed: who benefited from the lower allocation.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers
Press and investigations
- Alberto Fernández: 'Vamos a cuidar nuestros bosques'Chequeado · 2021
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