Reserva Itabó

The Itabo Biological Reserve is located in the district of Hernandarias, Alto Paraná Department, Paraguay, on the right bank of the river Paraná, and is one of the 8 as sites for ecological reserve by the Itaipu dam, the largest dam in production in the world, located between Paraguay and Brazil.

There is abundant presence of forest species such as: lapacho, ybyrá pytá, cedar, cancharana, petereby, guatambú, peroba incense, curupay, ybyraró, among others.

Stress for its abundance: taitetú, mboreví, guazú, spirits' i, akuti sa'yjú, coati among other listed species.

Among the birds we can cite the heron boyer, hoke guazú, mbiguá, duck braga, osprey, yryvú ruvichá, and tingazú.

According to latest techniques of management of protected areas, the biological reserve of Itabo is divided into distinct zones in order to handle them properly.