Paraguay
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SPI: 36.92
Species Protection Index Average: 42
National Report Card: Paraguay
Paraguay is a landlocked country in South America, covered by marshy and grassy plains and the Gran Chaco Forest. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rangeland.
Paraguay has high biodiversity rarity of terrestrial land vertebrates at a global scale. When analysed as single taxons, the rarity of amphibians, mammals and reptiles is also high. Challenges to biodiversity include deforestation; water pollution; toxins in rivers; and loss of wetlands.
8%
of land currently protected
1151
total land vertebrate species
11
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
Giant Armadillo
90
amphibians / 2 endemic
646
birds / 1 endemic
205
mammals / 0 endemic
210
reptiles / 8 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.
