Paraguay - Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve

The Mbaracaya Forest Nature Reserve (MFNR) consists of 64,405.7 hectares, located in the eastern region of Paraguay near the Brazilian border, an area with small landholdings and numerous cattle rancHng establishments in the Mbaracaya Range (Karapa). In the east there are various properties, ranches and two indigenous communities of different ethnic partialities, and in the south and east, there are farms of varying sizes. Mbaracaya is located within the humid subtropical forest of eastern Paraguay, part of the Interior Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, northeastern Argentina and eastern Paraguay. It is the largest continuous remnant of the IAF in Paraguay. The annual average temperature is between 21'C to 22°C, and the total annual precipitation is 1,800 mm. The Mbaracaya Range runs northeast/southeast, crossing the northeastern corner of the Reserve. This area is composed of numerous small, but deep, valleys with recurrent waterfalls creating hundreds of small tributaries towards the Jejui River basin.