Valle del Arroyo Cuña-Pirú Reserve
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| Valle del Arroyo Cuña-Pirú Reserve | |
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| Reserva Privada de Usos Múltiples Valle del Cuña Pirú | |
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| Nearest city | Aristóbulo del Valle (Misiones) |
| Coordinates | 27°07′27″S 54°57′02″W / 27.124173°S 54.950454°W |
| Area | 5,492 to 6,144 hectares (13,570 to 15,180 acres) |
| Designation | Private nature reserve |
| Created | 2000 |
| Administrator | National University of La Plata |
The Valle del Arroyo Cuña-Pirú Reserve (Spanish: Reserva Privada de Usos Múltiples Valle del Cuña Pirú) is a private nature reserve in the Misiones Province of Argentina.
The Valle del Arroyo Cuña-Pirú Reserve is divided between the municipalities of Aristóbulo del Valle in the Cainguás department and Ruiz de Montoya in the Libertador General San Martín department of Misiones. Depending on the source, it has an area of 5,492 to 6,144 hectares (13,570 to 15,180 acres).[1] It is on the middle part of the Arroyo Cuña Pirú, a stream, near Aristóbulo del Valle.[2] The reserve complements the Salto Encantado Provincial Park and the Cuñá Pirú Municipal Nature Park.[3] It would be part of the proposed Trinational Biodiversity Corridor, which aims to provide forest connections between conservation units in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina in the Upper Paraná ecoregion.[4]
History
The land was donated to National University of La Plata (UNLP) in 1992 by the paper company Celulose Argentina. In 1994 the local Mbayá people who live in the reserve began to dispute ownership with the UNLP.[5] The Valle del Arroyo Cuña-Pirú Reserve was created by an agreement between the UNLP and the provincial government, formalized by provincial decree 841 of 2000.[1] As of 2007 the Mbayá people still considered that their claims had not been resolved.[6]