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The distance between the normative wish and the observable results in relation with environmental question suggest that the analyses on the subject of the bureaucratic capabilities of the state is an urgent matter of concern. This work suggest that need of an analysis at the national level in Argentina in order to produce public policies for the environmental sector. The work gives some conceptual and empirical elements to allow the acknowledgment of the bureaucratic capabilities of the state within the environmental field. It also describes the evolution of the subject at the national level and suggest a few propositions in order to led its discussion and future improvements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Intergovernmental coordination is a key factor to achieve a homogeneous implementation in national policies. However, the bibliography of coordination argues that the horizontal coordination (among jurisdictions of the same level of government) does not occur. On the contrary, this paper asks: Which factors produces that the subnational jurisdictions decide to act together to enforce a national environmental policy? Based on comparative analysis of the formulation process of the adequation laws to the National Forest Law in Argentina, I argue that the provinces act together when there are a regularized and legitim institutional frame available and a structures of incentives that produce that the locals politicians decide formulate and enforce an environmental policy in theirs jurisdictions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El artículo discurre sobre las políticas gubernamentales relacionadas con la administración ambiental, especialmente la gestión de agua potable. Las autoras comentan sobre el caso de Argentina y las políticas públicas para el manejo del agua dulce. También se considera el acceso a agua limpia como un derecho civil.