United Nations Letter Expresses Concern for Argentina’s Glacier Law Reform
Special rapporteurs from the United Nations and members of the Working Group for Business and Human Rights expressed their concerns on the possible impacts of the Glacier Law reform, currently under review in the Argentine lower house Chamber of Deputies. Through a letter presented on February 27th, they noted ramifications such as access to clean […]
Environmental Organizations Highlight the Risks of Amending the Glacier Law
Five leading environmental organizations based in Argentina – Greenpeace Argentina, Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN), Aves Argentinas, Asociacion de Abogades Ambientalistas y Colectivo de Acción por la Justicia Ecosocial, and Jóvenes por el Clima warn that during the extraordinary sessions of Congress starting February 2nd, headway will be made on the amendment to the […]
Argentina: NGOs Push Against Milei’s Attack on the Environment – Fair Planet
The Forest Protection Law (Law 26.631 of 2007) and the Glaciers Law (Law 23.639 of 2010) are under duress in the extraordinary sessions of Congress in Argentina. When President Javier Milei took office on December 10, 2024, he proposed two major reforms: the Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU) and Bases and Points of Departure […]