A conversation with biologist Alejandro Brown, an articulator between production and nature who believes that in the Northern Region

Published 2025년 10월 9일

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Alejandro Brown is convinced that producing and conserving are not opposing paths. President and founder of the Fundación ProYungas, he has been working for over 25 years to demonstrate that agricultural production can, and should, be an ally of nature.
From his role, which he himself defines as that of an "articulator," he promotes a model that seeks to integrate the environmental, social, and productive aspects in the territories where a large part of Argentina's future is at stake: the Northern Region.
"I come from the technical academic area of CONICET and the university, and for 25 years we have formed ProYungas with the idea of influencing, with human resources and information, public policies and private decisions, in linking the productive with the environmental," Brown summarizes.
He does not feel comfortable in extremes. "I love transversality. Where I am comfortable is when different perspectives, experiences, and points of view can converge. If I had to define myself, I would define myself as an articulator..."

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Alejandro Brown is convinced that production and conservation are not opposing paths. President and founder of the ProYungas Foundation, he has been working for over 25 years to demonstrate that agricultural production can, and should, be an ally of nature. From this role, which he himself defines as that of an "articulator," he promotes a model that seeks to integrate the environmental, social, and productive aspects in the territories where much of Argentina's future is at stake: the Northern Region. "I come from the technical academic area of CONICET and the university, and for 25 years we have formed ProYungas with the idea of influencing, with human resources and information, public policies and private decisions, in linking production with the environment," Brown summarizes. He does not feel comfortable in extremes. "I love transversality. Where I feel at ease is when different perspectives, experiences, and points of view can converge. If I had to define myself, I would ...

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