RESERVE OF THE BIÓSFERA OF THE YUNGAS

La Posada del Sol is within the area of the Reserve of the Biósfera of the Yungas, that was declared in November of 2002 by the Program “Hombre and biosphere "(MAB) of UNESCO the United Nations for the Education, Science and the Culture. Being 11ma. Reserve of Argentina and 2da. of the Province of Jujuy.

THAT THEY ARE THE RESERVES OF THE BIÓSFERA?
They are terrestrial or representative aquatic atmosphere areas created to promote and to demonstrate to a relation balanced between the human beings and the nature, contributing to satisfy the necessities with the present generations without jeopardizing the necessities of the future generations.

FUNCTIONS OF THE RESEVAS OF BIOSPHERE

• To foment the economic, cultural and social development at local level, maintaining the resources natural so that they can continue being taken advantage of by generations.
• Conservation of the diversity of landscapes, ecosystems, species and genes.
• Contribution to conocieminto supporting to the education, qualification, scientific research and the exchange of information between settlers, technicians and investigators.

WHY A BIOSPHERE RESERVE IN THE YUNGAS?

• In order to improve the quality of life, to know and to respect the restlessness, necessities and projects of the licales populations.
• In order to create an ample participativo frame helping to satisfy the necessities with each group culture.
• In order to assure the provision water, in quality and amount, at regional level.
• In order to preserve discharge biodiversity and to maintain the ecosystems healthy.
• In order to preserve and to protect the unique landscaping resources and great cultural diversity.
• In order to help to solve some threats like the fragmentation of the natural landscape and the loss of the native forest.

BENEFICIARIES:

• All the society.
• The local populations, indigenous groups, Creole, propietary farmers of fields, because their territories can be gotten up to a handling that allows to protect the ground and the water like basic resources.
• And the global regional community.
  
  

NUCLEUS ZONE:

In the province of Jujuy:
- Calilegua National Park
- “Potrero de Yala” Provincial Park

SOME IMPORTANT DATA Approximated total surface of the reserve: 1.660.000 have, of which: - 45% are forests - 32% pastizales of height - 0.13% barbechos agricultural parcels and of migratory agriculture The rural population consists of approximately 1,500 families and 6,600 inhabitants. The river basin of the Bermejo river has influence in approximately 200,000 has of located agricultural earth in zones bordering to the RBY.