The Forests of Paraguay - VisitParaguay.net
Jun 24, 2014 · In Paraguay, where the so called Atlantic Forests once stretched in an endless sea of green, out towards the ocean and the Amazon in the north, there are now noticeable divides between various pockets of woodland, raising concerns that many of the region’s indigenous species are under threat.
Gran Chaco - Wikipedia
The Gran Chaco or Dry Chaco is a sparsely populated, hot and semiarid lowland tropical dry broadleaf forest natural region of the Río de la Plata basin, divided among eastern Bolivia, western Paraguay, northern Argentina, and a portion of the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, where it is connected with the Pantanal region.
Paraguay - Wildlife, Ecosystems, Forests | Britannica
Dec 16, 2024 · Paraguay - Wildlife, Ecosystems, Forests: Forest resources of the Chaco include many species of hardwoods that yield tannin, of which the red quebracho is the most important. Perhaps the most famous is the samuú, on account of its bottle-shaped trunk.
Gran Chaco | Places | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
More than twice as big as the state of California, the Gran Chaco contains South America’s second-largest forest, behind only the Amazon rainforest. It is one of the continent’s last frontiers, and it’s threatened by agricultural development, largely to produce beef and soy.
Atlantic Forest - Para La Tierra
The Paraguayan Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest is an extension of the once great Atlantic Forest that runs along the eastern coast of Brazil, spreading into northeastern Argentina and eastern Paraguay. In Paraguay, it originally covered a total area of over 86,000 square kilometres.
Deforestation in Paraguay: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions
Paraguay has one of the highest deforestation rates in Latin America. It is the second most deforested country in the continent, after Brazil. Paraguay's total forest area declined by 17% between 1990 and 2010, from approximately 21.2 million ha to 17.6 million ha.
Deforestation in Paraguay - NASA Earth Observatory
May 1, 2018 · Deforestation has been particularly widespread in Paraguay in recent years. Between 1987 and 2012, the forests in Paraguay lost nearly 44,000 square kilometers (17,000 square miles), mainly because of the expansion of cattle farms in the western part of the country.
Biodiversity / Paraguay | Interactive Country Fiches - UNEP/GRID
Paraguay is divided into 11 ecoregions, six of which are in the Eastern Region and five in the Western Region. The Eastern Region of the country is the richest in forest: the mountain forests on the slope of the Amambay and Mbaracayú, and …
Paraguay Biodiversity and Nature Conservation | BioDB
The Atlantic Forest, although much reduced from its original extent, remains a critical area for biodiversity in Paraguay. This lush, subtropical forest is home to numerous endemic species and a wide variety of wildlife, including the howler monkey, the ocelot, and the harpy eagle.
Paraguay: A beacon state for forest management?
Feb 20, 2020 · Paraguay, a landlocked country of 7 million people, is home to much of the Gran Chaco forest, which is considered the second largest forested landscape in South America — second only to the Amazon rainforest.