In the Environment area, the National Environment Subsecretariat, under the direction of Fernando Brom, will face a real decrease in budget of almost 69% compared to the 2023 funds.
The analysis, coming from the Environmental Budget Monitor of the Environment and Natural Resources Foundation (FARN), reveals that the 2025 budget for the National Environment Subsecretariat, led by Fernando Brom, will experience a real contraction of nearly 69% compared to 2023.
For the second consecutive year, the national administration is operating with a budget extended from the previous year, an unprecedented circumstance in Argentina that allows the government to alter or reduce allocations without congressional approval. Overall, the total national budget has decreased by 26.5% in real terms between 2023 and 2025.
Unequal Impact on Strategic Areas and Funds in the Environment Sector
According to the FARN report, nine out of ten budget allocations for the environmental sector show cuts in real terms, ranging from 28.1% to 83.2%. The most affected areas include:
- National Parks Administration: Faces a real reduction of 40.1%, placing its funding at the lowest level in the past five years.
- National Fund for Enrichment and Conservation of Native Forests: Its resources are reduced by 77.8% compared to 2023, a figure that falls short of the minimum amounts established by Law 26,331, enacted in 2007.
- National Fire Management Service: Will receive only two-thirds of the funds executed in 2023, resulting in a drop of 33.9%. Additionally, as of 2024, it has only executed 22% of its budget, 81% less than in the same period of 2023.
The study also points out that the allocations for renewable energies and energy efficiency are 93 times lower than the subsidies granted to companies in the hydrocarbon sector.
Other affected areas include the National Meteorological Service, which loses 36.5% of its real budget, and the System of Marine Protected Areas, whose funding is reduced by 28.1%.
Effects on Environmental Policies and Sustainability
This drastic budget decrease seriously compromises the implementation of strategic policies for conservation, forest management, protection of national parks, and response capacity to fires. Additionally, it restricts programs aimed at energy transition and climate change mitigation.
FARN warns that the Environment area, “without the necessary resources, makes it difficult to comply with existing environmental laws and the sustainability of projects that depend on state financing, putting at risk both biodiversity and adaptation to climate change in Argentina”.
