Deal #4130 | Version 65934 | Version 92653 |
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General info | ||
Size under contract (leased or purchased area) |
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Size in operation (production) |
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Comment on land area | 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 Sur was operated by Ecodesarrollo SA. In 2017, Ecodesarrollo SA transferred the concession to Grupo Anta del Plata SA (87,000 ha) and returned 68,500 ha to Salta Forestal SA. There is also an agreement to return 13500 ha more | |
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Nature of the deal | - | - |
Negotiation status |
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Comment on negotiation status | 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 Sur, was operated by Ecodesarrollo SA. In 2017, Ecodesarrollo SA transferred the concession to Grupo Anta del Plata SA | |
Implementation status |
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Comment on implementation status | In April 2024, when this deal was updated, the facility was still in operation | |
Employment | ||
Investor info | ||
Operating company | Investor not found #38078 | Investor not found #45357 |
Name of investment project | Salta Forestal Sur | |
Comment on investment chain | In 2008, Agropecuaria Cervera S.A. changed its name to Agropecuaria Anta S.A.. | In 2017, Ecodesarrollo SA transferred the concession to Grupo Anta del Plata |
Local communities / indigenous peoples | ||
Name of community | Pastoralists of "criollo" descent | |
Comment on communities / indigenous peoples affected | These lands were inhabited since the mid-nineteenth century by pastoralists of "criollo" descent who produce cattle in the bush ("ganaderΓa de monte") | |
Recognition status of community land tenure | - | |
Comment on recognition status of community land tenure | 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 | |
Community consultation | ||
Community reaction | ||
Comment on community reaction | 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 | |
Presence of land conflicts | Yes | |
Comment on presence of land conflicts | The document "Informe de auditorΓa definitivo Salta Forestal SA" concluded that during the period audited the relations between the concessionary companies and the pastoralist were highly conflictive | |
Comment on displacement of people | 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 auditorΓa definitivo Salta Forestal SA" affirms that at least 200 families were dispossessed, according to an inspection by the Ministry of Labor | |
Negative impacts for local communities | -, -, -, -, - | |
Comment on negative impacts for local communities | The documents "Informe de auditorΓa definitivo Salta Forestal SA" and "DiagnΓ³stico social, ambiental y productivo de pequeΓ±os establecimientos ganaderos de Salta Forestal" offers an overview of some of the negative impacts for local communities | |
Promised benefits for local communities | -, -, - | |
Materialized benefits for local communities | -, - | |
Presence of organizations and actions taken (e.g. farmer organizations, NGOs, etc.) | Some of the pastoralists are organized in a formal organization called Association of Criollos United for Our Land (ACUNT, AsociaciΓ³n de Criollos Unidos por Nuestra Tierra) and have held demonstrations and roadblocks, alongside with legal actions againsts the concessionary companies | |
Former use | ||
Comment on former land owner | Salta Forestal S.A (Government company) was the owner | |
Former land use | -, - | -, -, - |
Former land cover | - | -, - |
Produce info | ||
Crops area/yield/export |
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Comment on crops | his information was collected from a Geographic Information System (GIS) made by the National Institute of Agricultural and Livestock Technology (INTA, Instituto Nacional de TecnologΓa Agropecuaria). In their website, Grupo Anta del Plata reports that they also produce chickpeas | |
Livestock area/yield/export |
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Comment on livestock | In their website, Grupo Anta del Plata report that they are engaged in breeding and rebreeding of braford breed, but there is not information about the livestock area | |
In country processing of produce | Yes | |
Water | ||
Water extraction envisaged | Yes | |
Source of water extraction | - | |
Comment on source of water extraction | In the region, water is extracted from wells | |
Use of irrigation infrastructure | No | |
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Overall comment | ||
Meta | ||
Fully updated | No | Yes |
Locations | ||
Location #ezC86P9e | ||
areas | unknown field: location.areas | |
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Location | JoaquΓn V. GonzΓ‘lez, Salta Province, Argentina | Salta Forestal Sector IV, Salta, Argentina |
Point | Lat: -25.11728 Lng: -64.12473 | Lat: -24.88126 Lng: -63.80646 |
Description | Salta Forestal SA Zona Sur is located in the department of Anta, near the city of JoaquΓn V. GonzΓ‘lez | |
Facility name | Salta Forestal SA Zona Sur | |
Comment | The land managed by Salta Forestal SA (320,000 ha) is divided in two concessions. This deal correspond to the one in the South, managed by Grupo Anta del Plata SA | |
Data sources | ||
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Keep PDF not public | No | |
Date | 2010-10-25 | |
Comment on data source | It relates the acquisition process and the actual claim for its irregularities | |
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Publication title | Historial resumido de Salta Forestal | |
Date | 2012 | |
Name | Alfredo PetrΓ³n | |
Comment on data source | It refers the historic process of land tenence between Salta Forestal and Ecodesarrollo and Agroindustria Cervera | It refers to the institutional history of Salta Forestal SA.
The original Url is broken: http://www.alfredopetron.com.ar/file.axd?file=2012%2F8%2FHistorial+resumido+de+Salta+Forestal+S.A..pdf |
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Date | 2009-06-30 | |
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Publication title | Informe de AuditorΓa Definitivo Salta Forestal SA | |
Organisation | AuditorΓa General de la Provincia de Salta | |
Comment on data source | General Audit of the Province of Salta, Expedient NΒ° 242-1872/08 | This is an audit conducted by the provincial goverment. In this document there is information about the irregularities perpetrated by the concessionary companies |
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Publication title | Una fortuna hecha de favores fiscales | |
Date | 2011-02-14 | |
Organisation | Pagina12 | |
Comment on data source | Accessed: 07:10:2014 | In this document there is information about irregularities in the concession |
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Date | 2010-06-30 | |
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Date | 2011-09-15 | |
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Publication title | ConcesiΓ³n de los inmuebles de Salta Forestal (zona sur) | |
Date | 2000-05-16 | |
Organisation | Ministerio de la ProducciΓ³n y el Empleo | |
Includes in-country-verified information | Yes | |
Comment on data source | This is the concession contract. In this document there is information about the location of the deal, the size of the contract and the intention of investment | |
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Publication title | DiagnΓ³stico social, ambiental y productivo de pequeΓ±os establecimientos ganaderos de Salta Forestal | |
Date | 2019 | |
Organisation | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientΓficas y TΓ©cnicas | |
Comment on data source | This is a comprehensive study of the productive systems of the pastoralist of Salta Forestal. In this document there is social, environmental and productive information. It also includes a proposal for the distribution of part of the land that returned to Salta Forestal SA from the concessionary companies | |
Contracts | ||
Contract #GE6upePg | ||
Date | 2003-09-18 | 2000-05-16 |
Expiration date | 2035-05-16 | |
Duration of the agreement | 32 years | 35 years |