The president of the National Service for Agri-Food Health and Quality (Senasa), Ricardo Negri, highlighted the need to preserve the national phytosanitary heritage, the importance of added value at origin and the significance of coordinating actions between different organizations, at the close of the 89th Meeting of the Committee for the Sustainable Development of the Mountainous Regions of Argentina held at the headquarters of the Organization.
During the meeting, José Moreyra from the General Border Coordination of Senasa explained the actions to control animal and plant products from public passenger transport, private transport and local transit at mountain border crossings and the delegation of these functions to the National Gendarmerie, within the framework of the cooperation agreement between both entities.
He also addressed the issue of the treatment of waste from organic products confiscated from abroad and the protocol to facilitate the feasibility of bartering products of animal and plant origin between indigenous peoples of the highlands in the north of the country.
Photo: Senasa
The event was organized by the Environmental Management Department of Senasa and the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of the Nation.
Representatives from various national organizations also attended, such as: the Ministries of Agroindustry and Energy and Mining; the National Institutes of Industrial Technology (INTI) and Agriculture (INTA); the National Meteorological Service; the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET); the National Commission for Space Activities (CONAE); the National Gendarmerie; the Argentine Army and the Argentine Air Force, among others.
The Committee's purpose is to provide inter-institutional coordination for the implementation of environmental policies that reconcile the needs of economic development with the conservation of biodiversity and the well-being of the community in the mountainous regions of the Argentine Republic.
It promotes discussion of key issues in Andean and mountainous territories, generating a space for exchange of analysis and reflection, both individually and as a group, and for inter-institutional coordination.
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