An arid region of open forests and grasslands spanning three countries and more than a quarter of a million square miles, this is Gran Chaco. It’s the second-largest forest in South America after the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Gran Chaco is South America’s second-largest forest biome, and is home to thousands of species. The Chaco has lost around 20 percent of its ...

Droughts, wildfires, flooding, and deforestation are just some of the environmental pressures plaguing Bolivia’s Gran Chaco region. Yet, according to those affected by these realities on the ground, ...

The area has a large concentration of jaguars (Panthera Onca) and other endangered species. This project, known as Chaco Vivo, aims to safeguard the biodiversity of the Gran Chaco and to develop ...

With the goal of promoting digital skills through access to technology and women’s participation in this field, Microsoft is collaborating with NANUM, mujeres conectadas a tri-country project that ...

AS in the case of Tacna-Arica, the intrinsic value of the area in dispute between Bolivia and Paraguay is not commensurate with the persistence of the controversy or the bitterness of feeling which it ...

This article was originally published by the Bolivian digital magazine Muy Waso and republished by Global Voices as part of a media partnership. A series of innovative digital projects are using ...

The year-long probe of Paraguay’s charcoal exports by the NGO Earthsight revealed that much of the product was coming from the Chaco, the world’s fastest-disappearing tropical forest. Suppliers appear ...

Where Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina join on the map of South America lies the Gran Chaco, a steaming, insect-swarming triangle 600 miles by 300 between the Paraguay and Pilcomayo rivers. British ...

A new Catholic Church network has been organizing in South America to address social and environmental challenges in the Gran Chaco zone, a mostly arid region spanning parts of Paraguay, Bolivia, ...