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 ...

推荐 为解决农业扩张导致的生物多样性丧失问题，研究人员整合土地覆盖变化、哺乳动物多样性和商品贸易数据，分析了阿根廷和巴拉圭Chaco地区大豆和牛肉生产对生物多样性的影响。结果表明，牧场扩张对生物多样性的影响大于农田扩张，国内消费对生物多样 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We investigated the genetic differentiation of five X-chromosome STR markers among five native South American Amerindian populations ...