Chaco Grasslands (NT4) Chaco Grasslands (NT4)

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Chaco Grasslands bioregion

The bioregion’s land area is provided in units of 1,000 hectares. The protection goal is the combined Global Safety Net (GSN1) areas for the component ecoregions. The protection level indicates the percentage of the GSN goal that is currently protected on a scale of 0-10. N/A means data is not available at this time.

  • 108,294
    Total Land Area (1000 ha)
  • 2
    Number of Ecoregions
  • 48%
    Protection Target
  • 3
    Protection Level

The Chaco bioregion, located in the Southern America (Neotropical) realm, covers much of Paraguay and northern Argentina. The name of this region is derived from the indigenous Quechua word chaqu which means “hunting land,” due to the rich variety of wildlife that was once abundant in these subtropical grasslands and shrublands. The bioregion contains two ecoregions – Dry Chaco (569), Humid Chaco (571) – incorporating several large salt flats in the south. The land area of this bioregion is more than 108 million hectares.

The Chaco Grasslands bioregion is part of the South American Grasslands subrealm and is made up of two ecoregions: (1) Dry Chaco (2) Humid Chaco.

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Chacoan peccary

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Chacoan peccary
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