NATURAL RESOURCES
Fauna
PN Copo (Copo National Park) is one of the argentinian places where coexists different critically endangered species, such as the “yaguareté”, the “ oso hormiguero grande”, the “tatú carreta”, and the “chancho quimilero”. The most important bird is the “ talkative parrot”. This specie finds in the protected area a safe refuge.
Flora
The protected area has an important forests sector. This place has not suffered a devastating exploitation. The most characteristic tree is the “ quebracho colorado santiagueño”. It is the main specie of the “chaqueña” eco-region. The “quebracho” has strong wood and tannin. Due this properties this specie suffered a devastating exploitation in other argentinian places. During a century, “La Forestal” –a wood company- was the main causal of the quebracho Colorado´s decline.Protecting the "quebracho colorado" is a central priority for the Administración de Parques Nacionales.
The quebracho´s devastating exploitation and the cattle action made an important improverishment of the wild forests, and stopped its natural regeneration. The changes are really big: in the beginning of the 20 th century the 80% of the Santiago del Estero province was covered by scrublands; nowadays only the 20% of the province has quebracho scrublands. |
