Governor Celso Jaque, the Environment Secretary, Guillermo Carmona, and chairman of the National Parks Administration, Hector Spina, at Government House, a cooperation agreement for the preservation of natural areas, conservation biodiversity and environmental preservation. Governor Celso Jaque stressed the vital importance to the province of Mendoza environmental protection and the development of tourism as a sustainable economic activity, for which, he said, it has a pioneering law since the early 90s .Such statement was made by the president under the signature of an agreement made between Mendoza, represented by the Ministry of Environment and the National Parks Administration. The objective of the agreement is to collaborate with the preservation of natural and cultural heritage and conservation strategies of protected natural areas that are under provincial jurisdiction. It will cover the development of active policies in the field of natural resources and biodiversity conservation The signing took place on the fourth floor of Government House, attended, along with Jaque, the Environment Secretary, Guillermo Carmona; Tourism minister, Luis Böhm, and chairman of the National Parks Administration, Hector Spina. Also attended by the mayors of Las Heras, Ruben Miranda and Tupungato, Joaquín Rodríguez, next to the State Attorney, Peter Sin. Carmona addressed the institutional framework to coordinate actions between the nation and the province in which is included the area of tourism. It includes the study of protected areas and protected. He also highlighted the role of municipalities including protected areas such as Las Heras, the Aconcagua Provincial Park and Puente del Inca; Lavalle, with Telteca Forest; San Carlos, with the Laguna del Diamante, and Malargue, the Cave of the Witches, and relations with neighboring provinces through La Paz. To which the NGO collaboration in interaction with the community huarpe also adds. The provincial official stressed the mark set by Jaque governor, who intends to carry 10% of the territory as protected area, being that today such a surface is slightly over 4% of Mendoza’s territory. Meanwhile, Spina, National Parks, praised the environmental awareness of Mendoza saying that this agreement reinforces a task already initiated in the province, which has extensive experience in managing the system knows how to combine mountain and preservation environment and tourism development. Finally the governor thanked the mayors in whose jurisdictions are different wetlands, forests, volcanoes and mountain areas, which should be protected without underestimating the potential for tourism and economic benefits.
