Paraguay expanded a reserve in the Gran Chaco. Why is deforestation still rising there?

More than a decade ago, officials in Paraguay expanded a biosphere reserve in the Gran Chaco, hoping to protect more of the world’s largest tropical dry forest and the Indigenous communities who live there. But a lack of enforcement has left the reserve vulnerable to deforestation caused by agribusi
ORIGINAL SOURCE →via Mongabay Latam EN
ADVERTISEMENT
⚡ STAY AHEAD
Events like this, convergence-verified across 689 sources, land in your inbox every Sunday. Free.
GET THE SUNDAY BRIEFING →RELATED · PY
- [CONFLICT] Paraguay signs the Artemis Accords
- [CONFLICT] Paraguay aspira a convertirse en "socio estratégico" de Taiwán en alta tecnología
- [CONFLICT] Paraguay: el pronóstico del tiempo en Encarnación este 10 de mayo
- [CONFLICT] Las últimas previsiones para Asunción: temperatura, lluvias y viento
- [CONFLICT] Paraguay signs the Artemis Accords
- [CONFLICT] Paraguay y Brasil incautan 164 toneladas de marihuana en operativo conjunto en la frontera