Outrage at extreme act of vandalism in San Rafael
Guyra Paraguay staff in Asunción, Paraguay, have received the disturbing news that three people have burnt down the visitors’ house at the Kanguery administrative center in Guyra Paraguay’s “Guyra Reta” reserve in San Rafael.
Continue reading...Securing tenure and livelihoods in Paraguay’s Atlantic Forest
Sunday, September 16, 2012
BirdLife Partner Guyra Paraguay is working with local communities at Important Bird Areas to demonstrate how conserving biodiversity can improve the quality of life and livelihoods, and alleviate poverty. Important sites for biodiversity conservation in Paraguay are being lost at an unprecedented speed. Almost 90% of Paraguay’s share of South America’s Atlantic forest has been [...]
Continue reading...Se firman acuerdos que buscan proteger 474 hectáreas de bosques amenazados en Argentina, Paraguay y República Dominicana
Thursday, September 13, 2012
En el marco de la Reunión Regional de la Red de Socios de BirdLife de las Américas y con el apoyo de la Fundación Aage V. Jensen Charity, se firmaron tres acuerdos para la adquisición de tierras en zonas clave de IBAs de Argentina, Paraguay y República Dominicana. Estas tierras son parte del programa Bosques [...]
Continue reading...Agreements that seek to protect 474 hectares of threatened forests in Argentina, Paraguay and the Dominican Republic are signed
Thursday, September 13, 2012
During the 2012 BirdLife Americas Partnership Meeting three agreements were signed for land acquisition in key IBAs in Argentina, Paraguay and the Dominican Republic.
Continue reading...State of Paraguay’s birds is published
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Guyra Paraguay has launched the first major report on the status of bird populations in Paraguay. The report, entitled State of Paraguay’s birds, outlines in detail the current status of the country’s birds, the threats they face and the urgent actions needed to secure their future.
Continue reading...A wedding and a Swedish philanthropist protect Paraguayan forest
Friday, June 15, 2012
What do a wedding, a Swedish philanthropist, the conservation of the Atlantic Rainforest and a Paraguayan indigenous community have in common? The answer lies in the creation of a pioneering nature reserve in Paraguay. This land purchase and protection initiative is considered a new conservation strategy and a possible model for conservation in other Latin [...]
Continue reading...Alarm in Paraguay at settlement plans for Ñacunday National Park
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Paraguayan environmental organizations including Guyra Paraguay (BirdLife in Paraguay) are alarmed at the recent decision of the national government to actively promote the settlement of small-scale farmers ('campesinos') within the Ñacunday National Park. The decision to promote a solution which flouts both national legislation and international conventions, sets a worrying precedent for other protected areas in the country.
Continue reading...“Campaña Bahía de Asunción-Nuestro Orgullo” conmemora el Dia Mundial de Aves Migratorias en Paraguay
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
“Campaña Bahía de Asunción-Nuestro Orgullo” conmemora el Dia Mundial de Aves Migratorias en Paraguay El 21.mayo.2011 conmemorando el Día Mundial de las Aves Migratorias, La Asociación Guyra Paraguay, celebró el festival “Bahía de Asunción-Nuestro Orgullo”, cuyo lema es “Agua más limpia, salud y vida para la Bahía”, en Puerto Abierto (Puerto de Asunción). Las actividades [...]
Continue reading...Nuevo Registro de Aves para el Chaco: el Añumá en cercanías de Bahía Negra. Anhima cornuta en el Chaco Paraguayo
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Cada día más la naturaleza nos sorprende con algo nuevo, y ya casi llegando a celebrar el Día Mundial de la Tierra, el famoso y comprometido equipo del Dr. Arnoldo Wiens de la Red Guaraní y para el Programa “Naturaleza Paraguay” nos convocó para mostrarnos un ave rara, y sí, precisamente era un ave rara. [...]
Continue reading...Paraguayan project gets gold
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
A pioneering project in Paraguay aims to show that REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries) can deliver significant and lasting benefits to forest communities and biodiversity, while meeting corporate social responsibility commitments, and contributing to climate change mitigation by sequestering carbon.
Continue reading...Nueva esperanza para las aves migratorias de pastizales de América del Sur
Friday, December 17, 2010
Las fértiles praderas de América del Sur, que son el hogar para uno de los ecosistemas más valiosos del mundo, están desapareciendo rápidamente, y las aves migratorias de pastizales, las cuales juegan un importante papel al dispersar semillas y controlar el numero de insectos, también están disminuyendo rápidamente en Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Paraguay y Uruguay...
Continue reading...New hope for migratory grassland birds of South America
Friday, December 17, 2010
The rich grasslands in South America, home to one of the world's most valuable ecosystems is fast disappearing and migratory grassland birds, which play an important role by dispersing seeds and controlling insects, are also rapidly declining in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay...
Continue reading...Key Paraguayan IBA being destroyed
Monday, October 11, 2010
Part of Asunción Bay Important Bird Area (IBA) is in the process of being destroyed by heavy machinery brought in to begin work on a new waterfront project in Paraguay’s capital city, despite the site being legally declared a Reserve in 2005.
Continue reading...La Bahía de Asunción: Las autoridades que crearon la reserva, hoy destruyen este hábitat de importancia internacional
Monday, October 4, 2010
La Asociación Guyra Paraguay levanta su voz de protesta porque las maquinarias ya están destruyendo la Reserva Ecológica Banco San Miguel y Bahía de Asunción, para la tan ansiada construcción de la Costanera Norte se está realizando a expensas de la destrucción de los hábitats naturales para las especies migratorias que le dan un valor único y de categoría mundial a la Ciudad de Asunción.
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