How Argentina’s development choices are fuelling climate change in its southern region.
![Argentina has a rate of deforestation of 0.8 percent per year - twice that of the Amazon, writes Ricca [Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/20141212114458681734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Claudia Ricca is an Argentine anthropologist, specialising in human rights and the environment in Latin America. She has worked as a consultant for Friends of the Earth since 2008.
How Argentina’s development choices are fuelling climate change in its southern region.
![Argentina has a rate of deforestation of 0.8 percent per year - twice that of the Amazon, writes Ricca [Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/20141212114458681734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)