By Maxwell Radwin One of South America’s largest ecosystems saw an increase in deforestation last year, with agriculture, ...

The Humid Chaco is part of the Gran Chaco of South America, an area covering approximately 1.066.000 square kilometres between Argentina (62.19%), Paraguay (25.43%), Bolivia (11.61%) and Brazil (0.7%) ...

Paraguay’s Congress declared a national emergency as forest fires raged, burning vast swaths of the Chaco dry forest, home to sprawling cattle ranches, jaguars and many indigenous tribes.

The Gran Chaco was hit by a rise in deforestation in 2024, damaging the dry forest ecosystem that spans an area more than one and a half times the size of California across Argentina, Paraguay ...