Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Filming Banned in Protected Area

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BUENOS AIRES, Sep 14 2009 (IPS) - Residents of the Argentine town of Sierra de la Ventana, in the southwest of Buenos Aires province, were able to stop a movie company from filming in an environmentally protected zone. Producers of the film “There Be Dragons”, by Roland Joffé, wanted to film scenes in the most fragile area of the Ernesto Tornquist Provincial Park.

“They were going to bring in 300 people and 60 vehicles to the area,” María del Rosario Chiavacci told Tierramérica. She is a local resident and was part of the group that blocked the film team from entering the park until they finally desisted.

The Provincial Agency for Sustainable Development had authorized filming, but, given the protest, the film company decided to change to an alternate site.