Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco National Park

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Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco National Park is a vast Bolivian protected area in the Gran Chaco region, renowned for its dry forests, rich biodiversity, and significant populations of large mammals such as jaguars and pumas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national park
area 34441 square kilometers
3444110 hectares
biome Chaco NERFINISHED
borderedBy Gran Chaco National Park (Paraguay) NERFINISHED
Paraguay NERFINISHED
climate semi-arid
coManagedBy Capitanía del Alto y Bajo Izozog (CABI) NERFINISHED
conservationSignificance important stronghold for jaguar populations in the Gran Chaco
largest protected area in Bolivia
continent South America
country Bolivia
distanceFrom approximately 600 kilometers southeast of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
ecosystemType dry forest
savanna
thorn scrub
established 1995
governingBody Servicio Nacional de Áreas Protegidas de Bolivia NERFINISHED
hasBirdDiversity high
hasHabitat one of the largest continuous dry forests in the world
hasIndigenousManagementParticipation Izoceño-Guaraní people NERFINISHED
hasMammalDiversity high
hasReptileDiversity high
humanPopulationDensity very low
IUCNCategory II
knownFor large mammal populations
rich biodiversity
languageOfName Guaraní NERFINISHED
locatedIn Gran Chaco NERFINISHED
Santa Cruz Department NERFINISHED
nameMeaning refers to a powerful spirit or deity of the forest in Guaraní cosmology
notableSpecies Chacoan peccary NERFINISHED
giant anteater
jaguar
maned wolf
ocelot
pampas deer
puma
tapir
partOf Gran Chaco dry forest ecoregion
primaryVegetation seasonally dry forest
thorny scrub
xerophytic woodland
threats hunting
hydrocarbon exploration
road development

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Gran Chaco hasProtectedArea Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco National Park
Santa Cruz Department hasProtectedArea Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco National Park