Paraguay has been devastated by forest fires in recent months Forest fires that have blazed across Paraguay in recent weeks are likely to have been, in part, started by criminal groups seeking to ...

Illegal deforestation for marijuana cultivation is a growing problem for eastern Paraguay’s protected areas. Sources say much of the clearing is done by indigenous community members and small farmers ...

Paraguay's government votes for a new law to halt further deforestation of native forests in the eastern region of Paraguay. Asuncion, Paraguay - Paraguay is putting a halt to ongoing deforestation in ...

ASUNCION, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Paraguay's Congress declared a national emergency on Thursday as forest fires raged, burning vast swaths of the Chaco dry forest, home to sprawling cattle ranches, jaguars ...

In Paraguay, just 13 percent of the original Atlantic Forest cover still remains, and what is left is highly fragmented. The one exception is the San Rafael Reserve, 730 square kilometers (281 square ...

MBARACAYU, Paraguay — Since 1989, when a military coup && ended the 35-year dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner, there has been a democratic awakening in Paraguay, and interest in safeguarding the ...

The Paraguayan government has extended the “Zero Deforestation Law” for a further five years, resulting in an important conservation win for this highly threatened eco-region. Asunción, Paraguay: The ...

Until 2004 Paraguay’s rates of deforestation were the highest in all of South America. EOC investigations show an annual decrease in the area covered by the Atlantic Forest averaging 2.2 percent ...

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 ...