Joining forces to protect nature

New collaborative initiative in the Gran Chaco of South America

Pescadores del Pilcomayo. Foto: Fundación Yangareko

People Fishing in the Pilcomayo River. Photo: Fundación Yangareko

By Janis B. Alcorn

A beautiful new website celebrating the Gran Chaco and the Plata River Basin was launched in July 2009, by the “Cuenca de la Plata – Gran Chaco Group,” recently created by Garfield grantees Yangareko, Urundei, Proteger, and FUNGIR, in collaboration with Fundacion Gran Chaco, to coordinate their efforts in this vast region.

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