The National Parks Administration of
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
() is a public agency in charge of maintaining the
network of national parks, created in 1934 to preserve the
biological diversity
Biodiversity is the variability of life on Earth. It can be measured on various levels. There is for example genetic variability, species diversity, ecosystem diversity and phylogenetic diversity. Diversity is not distributed evenly on Eart ...
and the cultural resources of the country.
It is managed by the
Secretariat of the Interior.
History
The administration was established in 1934 by the federal law Nº 12 103/34 as the National Parks Department, together with creating Argentina's second national park,
Iguazú. The first one, Del Sur, now known as
Nahuel Huapi, preceded the department's creation by 12 years.
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Government agencies established in 1934
National park administrators
National parks of Argentina
1934 establishments in Argentina