Closure of National Parks: when and which areas will be affected

The visits to the National Parks will be seen restricted to tourism he Wednesday September 27 before a support day that the workers of the sector will carry out in favor of the four park rangers what were prosecuted by the Río Negro justice system in a case initiated by the death of two children In the complex Lolen occurred as a result of the falling from a tree.

This was reported by the National Parks Administration pointing out that the measure “seeks to make visible the situation faced by 4 workers who are brought to trial for the natural phenomenon“which caused in 2016 the death of two minors in the Lolen ComplexLocated in the Lanin National Parkin Neuquen.

National Parks will close: when and which areas will be affected

In that framework, “On September 27, World Tourism Day, some areas of the country are closed” in claim for the judicial situation of the park ranger that are prosecuted in a criminal trial due to the fall of a tree that killed the minors, he added National Parks.

“That Wednesday, in all the protected areas of the countrywhich will be open to the public, its workers will take different measures to demand that workers are not responsible for natural phenomena“he added Parks and pointed out that – in the case of Iguazu– there will be a closure of the Cataracts area with talk and dissemination to taxi drivers and individuals who arrive in the area”.

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“There will be a closure of the Cataratas area with talks and dissemination to taxi drivers and individuals who arrive in the area.”

In the rest of the parks, there will be “visibility measures” Therefore, they advised visitors to consult the networks of each park or contact them by telephone. Likewise, the APN indicated that “while the trial lasts (from October 30 to November 2) a total paralysis in all protected areas of the country“.

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There are four park rangers prosecuted by the Río Negro justice system.

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“We regret the inconvenience this may cause, but we also ask that you understand the significance of the case since The facts of nature are unpredictable and inevitable“added the Park Administration.

And, he stressed that “a condemnation by the justice endilgado responsibility to APN workers would affect all activities related to the tourismpublic use and all those derivatives that are a cultural and labor source of so many projects, undertakings, research, and all types of work that are carried out in the interiors of all the country protected areas“.

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Except for Iguazú, in the rest of the parks, there will be “visibility measures.”

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Statement from the National Park Rangers Union

Months ago, when the processing ordered by the Río Negro Court of Appealshe National Park Rangers Union (Sigunara) expressed his “restlessness, deep discontent and discomfort over the sentence”.

“We share the immense pain of the relatives (of the victims), nothing compares to the loss of children’s lives, however we understand that this It is not the responsibility of the park rangers.“, the union noted in a statement and after pointing out that some “magistrates They seem to be unaware of how the National Parks work. and carrying out tourist activities in wild areas,” he warned that “we must not forget that the national park ranger corps is there to preserve species within protected areasand not to convert these into places with the desire to reduce the potential risk of a tourist who knows that he is in an area where he can suffer unusual inconveniences“.