The Chaco saga (for now) comes to an end: The Court dismissed the environmentalist claim and the forest-industry will be able to resume operations.

The Chaco forest industry finally received the green light from the Justice system which, in the hands of its Superior Provincial Court, rejected the request for unconstitutionality against the territorial order and suspended the injunction that paralyzed all forestry activity since mid-December to date. With 4 votes against 1, the highest judicial body ended up dismissing the claim made by the environmental NGO "Conciencia Solidaria" and the "Parliament of Indigenous and Tribal Nations of the Gran Chaco", and pointed out that the current OTBN -and approved by law in 2024- is not responsible for the deforestation in the province. On the contrary, it would be even worse to repeal it. Thus, after the decision formalized in the ruling published on February 10, Law 4005-R and its amending law 4125-R will return to normal, and the main economic activity of the province -which already estimated losses of 30,000 million pesos per month due to the halt- returns to the field. As with ...