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Environmental issues in Paraguay include deforestation. Between 1990 and 2000, Paraguay had an average deforestation rate of 1%. The rate increased between 2000 and 2005 to 1.92%. [1] Paraguay also has a growing pollution problem. Many of the country's rivers suffer from toxic dumping.
The Paraguay River is the second major river of the Rio de la Plata Basin, after the Paraná River. The Paraguay's drainage basin , about 1,095,000 square kilometres (423,000 sq mi), [ 4 ] covers a vast area that includes major portions of Argentina, southern Brazil, parts of Bolivia, and most of the country of Paraguay.
The rivers of Paraguay have served, in the absence of usable roads, as natural ways to access the more remote Paraguayan territories. Some of them, the major tributaries of Paraguay and Parana, enabled navigation on a small scale, and smaller boats with limited use in times of drought due to decreasing flow of water flows.
The most immediate effect is being felt across landlocked Paraguay, one of the world’s leading exporters of agricultural commodities, which relies on the river to move 80% of its international commerce. The head of Paraguay’s fishing union said Monday that the decline in water levels has put 1,600 fishermen out of work.
Sources of pollution Impact Darling River: New South Wales, Australia: Third-longest river in Australia, and the outback's most famous waterway. [204] Pesticide runoff [205] [206] Suffered from a severe cyanobacterial bloom that stretched the length of the river in 1992. [207] Also suffered from fish kills in 2019 and 2023. [208] [209] King River
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Sixteen of these rivers and numerous smaller streams enter the Paraná River above Encarnación. Paraguay's third largest river, the Pilcomayo River, flows into the Paraguay River near Asunción after demarcating the entire border between the Chaco region and Argentina. During most of its course, the river is sluggish and marshy, although small ...
As mentioned above, the World Bank’s relationship with the Government of Paraguay and the SENASA on rural water systems goes back for about 30 years. It spans three successfully completed rural water projects: the First , Second , and Third Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Projects (approved on December 13, 1977, June 16, 1981, and September ...