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Paraguay meets UN deadline for improving governance in Chaco Biosphere Reserve

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Briefings

Paraguay submitted updated management plans for the Chaco Biosphere Reserve to the UN, but critics note selective enforcement. The reserve covers 7.5 million hectares of the Gran Chaco, where deforestation by farming and cattle ranching threatens Indigenous communities. The Ayoreo-Totobiegosode remain the last uncontacted Indigenous group in South America outside the Amazon. The reserve was established in 2001 and expanded in 2011, with UNESCO monitoring the site to maintain its designation.

Key points

• Paraguay provided updated management plans to the UN, but critics argue enforcement is selective.
• The Chaco Biosphere Reserve covers 7.5 million hectares of the Gran Chaco, where deforestation threatens the Ayoreo-Totobiegosode.

Context and limitations

UNESCO monitoring is ongoing; specific consequences for non-compliance were not automatic, and the article does not provide data on the extent of deforestation or specific dates for the reserve's expansion.

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