Environmental Formation in Action: A Pichi Neuquén School Relive the Llao Llao forest

2025-09-22 -

The educational project aims to restore and protect this unique and biodiverse ecosystem near the mythical cascade La Fragua.

In an effort to protect and preserve the environment, the 236 rural school of the Pichi Neuquén site (about 20 km from bitter apple) has launched a reforestation project in the Llao Llao Natural Forest, located about a thousand meters from the mythical cascade La Fragua. The project aims to restore and protect this unique and biodiverse ecosystem, which is home to a variety of a variety of native flora and fauna. This project will not only benefit the environment, but it will also be an opportunity for our students to learn and develop in an integral way, the professor of Agroecology Noster Escalado informed LM Neuquén. Neuquino. We want our students to be aware of the importance of preserving our natural heritage and that they are proud to be part of this initiative, said the teacher. The school proposal contemplates the planting of native trees of the Llao Llao forest, as well as promoting actions that guarantee the cleanliness, maintenance and conservation of the area. In addition, it is expected to involve the local community in the initiative, promoting education and environmental awareness.The project Escalada maintains that this project will not only benefit the environment, but will also be an opportunity for students to learn and develop comprehensively. We have been working for some time on a reforestation project to be able to repopulate the Llao Llao reservation in order to preserve the place and take advantage of the benefits of this type of fungus in various uses that can be made, highlighted the teacher from the province of Formosa. The pedagogical proposal was called EcoAntura del Llao Llao to be held on October 15 in Chos Malal. The central objective of our project is to plant native trees of the province of Neuquén, progressively every year to repopulate the forest and mark a setback in the serious deforestation that is observed today, ?said Escalada. In turn, he said that as a consequence of this intervention they seek the use of the fungus that develops in the plants. of consumption. Exactly a tree, but a edible fungus that grows in the trees, specifically in the branches and trunks of the trees of the genus Nothofagus, such as the Coihue, the Ñarare and the Lenga. Sectors of the geography of the region of Alto Neuquén. which is also a tourist area and in which there are no trees. The fundamental purpose is to slowly repopulate the areas that are degraded naturally or artificially, ?said the professor. Product production of the Llao Llao forest requires a careful and sustainable approach. This is why from the rural school 236 of the Pichi Neuquén site a thorough evaluation and planning process was carried out. It helped us to identify the most appropriate species to plant and to develop a sustainable management plan, said Escalada. In relation to this issue, he said that the trees will be produced in the same school from the accompaniment of the provincial nursery of Amargo Manzan Alterando the ecosystem of such a precious neuquino forest. For example, the saliva of the sheep has a high pH which, when eating, prevents the plants from being developed. On the other hand, it was found that the reforestation was never done and our idea is to go year after year producing the seedlings. The educational project will begin in the Llao Llao forest, but for 2026 they will develop an experimental plot in the matches, where there is no native vegetation nor did implantation work were done. The idea is to partialize approximately one hectare to do a pilot test to slowly reforest to evaluate the development of the specimens every year, said the rural teacher. He also reported that these works will be carried out on certain surfaces, both in bitter apple and in Pichi Neuquén to establish a balance in the environmental balance with the pine culture.