{"id":18306,"date":"2019-05-21T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/no-category\/autonome-inheemse-regering-in-bolivia-verklaart-12-miljoen-hectare-tot-beschermd-gebied\/"},"modified":"2021-09-17T14:17:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T13:17:27","slug":"bolivian-indigenous-autonomous-government-declares-second-largest-conservation-area-in-the-gran-chaco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/news\/bolivian-indigenous-autonomous-government-declares-second-largest-conservation-area-in-the-gran-chaco\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolivian Indigenous Autonomous Government declares second largest conservation area in the Gran Chaco"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A new law enacted by the Indigenous Autonomous Government of the Charagua district in Bolivia declares 1.2 million hectares as a conservation area. The approval of this law allows for the protection of a continuous conservation area of almost 6 million hectares in the Gran Chaco region. It is the first protected area that was created by an Autonomous Indigenous government in Bolivia.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color\"> <em>Header photo: Panoramic view of \u00d1embi Guasu area (c) Nativa<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Stretching across Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and a bit of Brazil, the Gran Chaco Americano constitutes the largest forest mass in South America, after the Amazon. It consists mostly of semi-arid lowlands forests and wetlands encompassing a total of around 100 million hectares. The ecoregion holds huge reserves of water, energy and cultivable land, and a great diversity of indigenous peoples, but is under increasing threat by climate change and an expanding agricultural frontier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Largest conservation area of the Chaco region<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>&#8216;The law formalizes the protection of the \u00d1embi Guasu area, which together with National Parks Kaa Iya in Bolivia and Defensores del Chaco in Paraguay, forms the biggest conservation area of the Chaco region with almost 6 million hectares,&#8217; says Ivan Arnold, director of IUCN NL partner organization Nativa, who supported the process with the Charagua government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\"><p class=\"cookiebanner_video_embed\" id=\"auwns9honb5fchfg\"> In order to view this movie you have to accept &#8216;Social media and advertising&#8217; cookies. Click <a class=\"open-cookie-settings\">here<\/a> to change your cookie settings.  <script>if(!window.dgmCookieVideoBlocks) { window.dgmCookieVideoBlocks=[]; } window.dgmCookieVideoBlocks.push({ content: \"<figure class='wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio'><div class='wp-block-embed__wrapper'><iframe title='\u00d1embi Guasu: la nueva \u00e1rea de conservaci\u00f3n en el Chaco de Bolivia' width='500' height='375' data-src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WeAwxpH01DY?feature=oembed' frameborder='0' allow='accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share' referrerpolicy='strict-origin-when-cross-origin' allowfullscreen src='data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==' class='lazyload' data-load-mode='1'><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure>\", id: \"auwns9honb5fchfg\" });<\/script> <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Home of the Guaran\u00ed<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>&#8216;The delimitation and consolidation of \u00d1embi Guasu is not just about conservation, it is also about the wellbeing of the Indigenous Guaran\u00ed people,&#8217; said Adhemar Flores, a member of the Indigenous Autonomous Government of Charagua, when he announced the approval of the law. &#8216;We are conserving our home, home of our children and future generations.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>&#8216;The protected areas in Charagua were designed to maintain the subsistence of the Guaran\u00ed,&#8217; says Jose Avila from the Indigenous Autonomous Government. &#8216;Kaa Iya National Park was created in accordance with the Guarani people\u2019s vision and also \u00d1embi Guasu will protect their natural resources, tradition, culture and other values.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Uncontacted tribe<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>\u00d1embi Guasu will also maintain land for the Ayoreo population, thought to be the only uncontacted Indigenous people south of the Amazon. Traditionally hunter-gatherers, the small group is increasingly threatened by loss of territory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Protection under Indigenous autonomy<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>\u00d1embi Guasu thereby is the first protected area created under the Indigenous autonomy framework in Bolvia. It will be managed by the Autonomous Indigenous Campesino Government of Charagua (GAIOC), the governing body within Charagua, which intends to create a system of protected areas to protect the land and the wellbeing of the Guarani people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>&#8216;An impressive 68% (more than 5 million hectares) of the territory under Autonomous Indigenous governance has now been declared as protected areas,&#8217; says Sander van Andel, Senior Expert Nature Conservation at IUCN NL, &#8216;and two additional conservation areas are in the process of being approved.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>IUCN NL, World Land Trust and Nature and Culture International assisted Nativa Bolivia and the GAIOC in establishing \u00d1embi Guasu, amongst others with an ecological study to substantiate the bill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read more<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Also see the following articles on news site Mongabay:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2019\/05\/nembi-guasu-huge-new-conservation-area-in-bolivias-gran-chaco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00d1embi Guasu: Huge new conservation area in Bolivia\u2019s Gran Chaco<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/es.mongabay.com\/2019\/05\/bolivia-nembi-guasu-conservacion-chaco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00d1embi Guasu: la nueva \u00e1rea de conservaci\u00f3n en el Chaco de Bolivia<\/a> &nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"background background-preset-primary\" id=\"block_6144951aeec90\">\n             <div class=\"dark custom-padding-top\">\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"smallteam-members__name12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n\t<div id=\"team-members-block_6035258a830e9\" class=\"team-members team-members-block block\">\n\t\t<span class=\"anchor-id\" id=\"\"><\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"team-members__title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>Want to know more?<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"team-members__body small-12 grid-x\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"team-members__item grid-x small-12 medium-6\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"team-members__image cell shrink\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/sander-van-andel-senior-expert-nature-conservation\/\" target=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"team-members__image-wrapper lazyload\" style=\"background-image:inherit;\" data-bg-image=\"url(&#039;https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/15Sander-IUCN-040722-scaled.jpg&#039;)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/15Sander-IUCN-040722-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2560px; 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