La Forestal - Villa Ana

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : See the old La Forestal campus in Villa Ana, Argentina in this FPV video by pilot PabloAL85. La Forestal was a producer of tannin, the use of oak and other bark in tanning animal hides to leather. It came to Argentina in the 19th century, opening shops in 40 villages with 30 factories. When the company left in the 1960’s it left having cut down almost 90% of forests in the areas it had set up shop in, causing about $3 billion in ecological damage. This was one such abandoned factory.

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La Forestal fue el nombre de una compañía inglesa instalada en el norte de la provincia de Santa Fe en Argentina, que a finales del siglo XIX y en la primera mitad del siglo XX explotó los extensos bosques de quebracho que había en esta provincia. Logró ser la primera productora de tanino a nivel mundial y llegó a fundar cerca de 40 pueblos, con puertos, 400 kilómetros de vías férreas propias y alrededor de 30 fábricas. Entre los años 1919 y 1922 sindicatos de trabajadores de la empresa, protagonizaron luchas obreras que finalizaron en una de las mayores masacres de la historia argentina. La empresa se fue de Argentina en la década de 1960 y cerró las ciudades que había fundado, luego de haber talado casi el 90% de los bosques y haber causado un proceso de desertificación y un daño ecológico calculado en 3.000 millones de dólares en 2004 La Forestal was the name of an English company installed in the north of the province of Santa Fe in Argentina, which at the end of the 19th century and in the first half of the 20th century exploded the extensive quebracho forests that were in this province. It managed to be the first producer of tannin worldwide and came to found about 40 villages, with ports, 400 kilometers of own railways and about 30 factories. Between 1919 and 1922 the workers 'unions of the company staged workers' struggles that ended in one of the greatest massacres in Argentine history. The company left Argentina in the 1960s and closed the cities it had founded, having cut down almost 90% of the forests and caused a desertification process and ecological damage estimated at 3 billion dollars in 2004