Argentina's Lost Forests: The Atlantic Forest Collapse

While we’ve covered the political upheavals of Peronism and the military coups that shook Buenos Aires, there is a quieter, more devastating history unfolding in the shadows of those events. This episode explores the rapid destruction of Argentina’s Litoral region during the mid-twentieth century. We look at how state-sponsored logging, driven by nationalistic infrastructure projects like the Yacyretá Dam and highway expansions, dismantled one of the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems. You’ll meet the few remaining guardians of this landscape, hear about the specific timber species lost to industrial demand, and understand how economic policy prioritized short-term gain over ecological survival. It’s a story of concrete pouring over roots, and the long, slow process of trying to remember what was once there.

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