"Argentina is not only known for its incredible landscapes and biodiversity, but also for its environmental legislation. The Glacier Law, ratified 15 years ago thanks to pressure from scientists, civil society organizations, and citizens, became the first law in the world to protect glaciers and the periglacial environment by declaring them public goods essential for the country's freshwater supply. Argentina has nearly 17,000 cataloged glaciers across 12 provinces, feeding 36 river basins over nearly 400,000 square miles."
"The first article of the Glacier Law establishes that there are minimum budgets for the protection of glaciers and the periglacial environment in order to preserve them as strategic reserves of water resources for human consumption; for agriculture and as providers of water for the recharge of hydrographic basins; for the protection of biodiversity; as a source of scientific information and as a tourist attraction."
Argentina ratified the Glacier Law in 2010 to protect glaciers and the periglacial environment as public goods essential to freshwater supply. The law was established through pressure from scientists, civil society organizations, and citizens and made Argentina the first country to legally protect glaciers. Nearly 17,000 cataloged glaciers span 12 provinces and feed 36 river basins across almost 400,000 square miles, forming strategic freshwater reserves. The law mandates minimum budgets to preserve glaciers for human consumption, agriculture, basin recharge, biodiversity protection, scientific research, and tourism. The Senate will soon consider a bill to reform the law, risking those protections.
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