In 2000, the contract was singed, whereby Ecodesarrollo Salta S.A. acquired 360,000 ha. In 2003, the concession was divided between Ecodesarrollo Salta S.A., which since then holds 230,000 ha, and Agropecuaria Cervera S.A..

In the original deal, concluded in 2000, 320,000 ha of the semi State-owned company Salta Forestal SA were granted in concession to Ecodesarrollo SA. In 2003, the concession was divided between Ecodesarrollo SA (160,000) ha and Agropecuaria Cervera SA (160,000). Salta Forestal Zona Norte was operated by Agropecuaria Cervera SA. In 2005, Agropecuaria Cervera SA was acquired by Cresud SACIFyA. In 2008, the contract was renegotiated and 30,000 ha returned to Salta Forestal SA

In 2000, the lands of the semi State-owned company Salta Forestal SA were granted in concession to Ecodesarrollo SA. In 2003, the concession was divided between Ecodesarrollo SA and Agropecuaria Cervera SA. This deal, Salta Forestal Zona Norte, was operated by Agropecuaria Cervera SA. In 2005, Agropecuaria Cervera SA was acquired by Cresud SACIFyA. In 2008, the contract was renegotiated

Just 20,000 hectares are in production

In April 2024, when this deal was updated, the facility was still in operation

Salta Forestal Sur

Salta Forestal

These lands were inhabited since the mid-nineteenth century by pastoralists of "criollo" descent who produce cattle in the bush ("ganadería de monte")

The pastoralist produce livestock in land holdings with undefined boundaries and a customary land tenure system. The Argentine land tenure regime recognizes the concepts of ownership, tenure, and possession. Possession implies 20 years of occupation and demonstrated improvements to the plot. Although the pastoralists of Salta Forestal fulfill this critera, the goverment has not yet formally acknowledged the pastoralist land tenure

The whole acquisition process is beeing questioned for irregularities.

In general, the pastoralists express a rejection of the concessions, particularly the people that has been evicted and the ones that has been encroached by the expansion of the agricultural frontier. In contrast, some pastoralist work for the concessionary companies and express consent with the installation of the concessionary companies

The document "Informe de auditoría definitivo Salta Forestal SA" concluded that during the period audited the relations between the concessionary companies and the pastoralist were highly conflictive

People have been displaced (exact number is unknown).

The expansion of the agricultural frontier carried out by the concessionary companies not only increased the limits to access and control of the resources, but it has also led to a situation of marginalization and expulsion of some of the pastoralists. The document "Informe de auditoría definitivo Salta Forestal SA" affirms that at least 200 families were dispossessed, according to an inspection by the Ministry of Labor

The documents "Informe de auditoría definitivo Salta Forestal SA" and "Diagnóstico social, ambiental y productivo de pequeños establecimientos ganaderos de Salta Forestal" offers an overview of some of the negative impacts for local communities

Some of the pastoralists are organized in a formal organization called Association of Criollos United for Our Land (ACUNT, Asociación de Criollos Unidos por Nuestra Tierra) and have held demonstrations and roadblocks, alongside with legal actions againsts the concessionary companies

This information was collected from a Geographic Information System (GIS) made by the National Institute of Agricultural and Livestock Technology (INTA, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria). According to the document "Memoria y estados financieros del ejercicio 2023", in 2023 the total crops area was 22314 ha

Data from the document "Memoria y estados financieros del ejercicio 2023". According this document, all of the livestock facilites of Cresud SACIFyA are registered as "export facilities"

In the region, water is extracted from wells