The Upper Parana Atlantic Forest is one of the fifteen ecosystems of the Atlantic Forest Ecoregion Complex.
The original forest of the Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest ecoregion covered the largest area (approximately 400,000 km2) of all the ecoregions of the Atlantic Forest complex, extending from the western slopes of the Serra do Mar in Brazil to eastern Paraguay and the Province of Misiones of Argentina. Today, only around 7,8% of the original forest cover still remains in dispersed fragments.
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Of the three countries that share this ecoregion, Paraguay retains a large area but, it is only 13.4% of the original area in the country.
Deforestation in Paraguay, one of the highest rates of any country in Latin America, has fragmented the remaining forest.
The two largest forest remnants in Paraguay are the Mbaracayu Private Reserve and Management Resource Area San Rafael.
Immediate and well-coordinated conservation action is required to save these and other important forest remnants.
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