Our History

In 2014, as part of the Pacific Biodiversity Institute (PBI) “Wildlands and Biodiversity of South America” program, the current Natura Argentina team began working in the Sierras de Famatina, in the province of La Rioja. For this area of great biodiversity, initially technical and scientific research was conducted followed by the promotion of a conservation strategy.

Upon the closure of PBI, in 2018 conservationist Byron Swift founded Natura International with an objective to promote the creation of protected areas, thus conserving Latin America ecosystems. At this time, the PBI team joined Natura International which allowed it to continue working with various projects in Argentina.

The team worked intensively in several provinces under the leadership of biologist Lucila Castro who has more than ten years of conservation experience with projects in different regions of Argentina and around the world.

In 2020, with the founding of Natura Argentina, a new and exciting local chapter began.

Now, in a country with widely varied climates and ecoregions, a dedicated and cohesive Argentine team works along with local stakeholders to manage a variety of projects conserving native ecosystems. Natura Argentina is headquartered in Córdoba, Argentina, and carries out projects in six provinces.

We invite you to be part of this story!

Natura International participated in the Nation’s Chamber of Deputies Commission on Natural Resources and Human Environment Conservation Commission hearing on the future Ansenuza National Park and its importance for flamingos and migratory and resident waterbirds.