1.2 M ha
of Ñembi Guasu, one of Bolivia's largest Indigenous-protected forests in the Chaco–Amazon transition.
2019
year this vast territory gained formal protected status.
Guaraní
Indigenous nation leading governance of the great forest.
Core
bridge between dry Chaco and wetter Amazonian ecosystems.
What lives here
- Jaguars ranging across dry forest and humid edges
- Chacoan peccaries and other rare dry-forest mammals
- Migratory birds using forest–savanna mosaics
- Sacred sites and hunting grounds under Guaraní care
What threatens it
- Agribusiness expansion on the forest frontier
- Illegal roads and land grabbing
- Fires escaping from cleared farmland
- Pressure to weaken Indigenous protected-area status
“Ñembi Guasu means the great forest. Naming it was only the first act of defending it.”
— Guaraní territorial leaders
Ñembi Guasu is a vast Indigenous-protected landscape where Chaco dryness meets Amazon humidity — a refuge for jaguars and Guaraní culture alike.
Keeping it intact means funding Indigenous governance, stopping illegal clearings and making the new protected status real on the ground.
Consortium partner
Guaraní governance of the great forest
Partners support Guaraní authorities to monitor Ñembi Guasu, stop frontier clearing and keep this newly recognised territory under Indigenous control.
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