a local NGO, on average, are cleared per day. The soy plantations not only eliminate the forest, but also other types of agriculture. Indigenous communities are losing their land to agribusinesses. Since 2007, a law is supposed to regulate and control the cutting of timber in the Gran Chaco, but illegal logging continues. Among the aggressive investors in the Paraguayan Gran Chaco are U.S.-based agribusinesses Cargill Inc., Bunge Ltd., and Archer Daniels Midland Co. Protected areas A 2017 assessment found that 176,715 km², or 22%, of the ecoregion is in protected areas. In September 1995, the Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area was established in an area of the Chaco in Bolivia. It is administered and was established solely by the indigenous peoples, including the Izoceño Guaraní, the Ayoreode, and the Chiquitano. Other protected areas include Defensores del Chaco National Park and Tinfunqué National Park in Paraguay, and Copo National Park and El Impenetrable National Park in Argentina. Administrative divisions in the Gran Chaco The following Argentine provinces, Bolivian and Paraguayan departments, and Brazilian states lie in the Gran Chaco area, either entirely or in part. Indigenous peoples Abipón, Argentina, historic group Angaite (Angate), northwestern Paraguay Ayoreo (Morotoco, Moro, Zamuco), Bolivia and Paraguay Chamacoco (Zamuko), Paraguay Chané, Argentina and Bolivia Chiquitano (Chiquito, Tarapecosi), eastern Bolivia Chorote (Choroti), Iyojwa'ja Chorote, Manjuy), Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay Guana (Kaskihá), Paraguay Guaraní, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay Bolivian Guarani Eastern Guarani (Chiriguano), Bolivia Guarayo (East Bolivian Guarani) Chiripá (Tsiripá, Ava), Bolivia Pai Tavytera (Pai, Montese, Ava), Bolivia Tapieté (Guaraní Ñandéva, Yanaigua), eastern Bolivia Yuqui (Bia), Bolivia Guaycuru peoples, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay Mbayá (Caduveo), historic Kadiweu, Brazil Mocoví (Mocobí), Argentina Payaguá Pilagá (Pilage Toba) Toba (Qom, Frentones), Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay Kaiwá, Argentina and Brazil Lengua people (Enxet), Paraguay North Lengua (Eenthlit, Enlhet, Maskoy), Paraguay South Lengua, Paraguay Lulé (Pelé, Tonocoté), Argentina Maká (Towolhi), Paraguay Nivaclé (Ashlushlay, Chulupí, Chulupe, Guentusé), Argentina, and Paraguay Sanapaná (Quiativis), Paraguay Vilela, Argentina Wichí (Mataco), Argentina and Bolivia Many of these peoples speak or used to speak Mataco–Guaicuru languages. See also Campo del Cielo Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area Tributaries of the Río de la Plata References External links The National Museum of Natural History's description of Gran Chaco photos of the Paraguay Chaco La Plata basin Natural regions of South America Regions of Argentina Regions of