Argentina

IRIANNI, MARCELINO, FERNÁNDEZ, A.M. Y OT.

Jáger, Jill y ots. (editores) Enviromental Change and Migration Scenarios. Synthesis

Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco

Lugar: Vitoria; Año: 2010; p. 53 - 55

Due to its geographical extent, Argentina has a wide variety of ecosystems, in which environmental problems are also varied. Among them, and depending on the region, extreme events such as droughts and floods, lack or diminishing of available water, and soil degradation because of the introduction of new crops and the expansion of a foreign-market oriented intensive agriculture are the main environmental hazards. The population of Argentina is sparse and unequally distributed. With respect to migration, Argentina is today still receiving immigration from neighboring Latin American countries, but at the same time has strong out-migration flows to Europe (mainly Spain) and the United States.