Asunción, IP Agency.- By Resolution No. 136-24 of the Municipal Board of the city of Saltos del Guairá, the Sculpture Walk of the Mbaracayú Biological Refuge was declared “Of Tourist Interest” in order to promote tourism in the capital of the department of Canindeyú. This ecological enclosure is managed binationally by Itaipu.
The aforementioned attraction includes large artistic iron structures, created by the artist Raúl Ortigoza, from the city of Ypacaraí (Cordillera), which represent different species of wild animals that are preserved in the Alto Paraná Atlantic Forest (BAAPA) and that They are part of the Conservation Objects (OC) established in the 2024-2028 Management Plan of the Entity’s conservation unit.
Among the sculptures distributed in the ecological enclosure are the armadillo, the gua’a kanindé (which gives its name to the fourteenth department), 4 meters wide and 3 meters high; the swamp deer (a species only found in the Mbaracayú Refuge) 7 meters high; and the mbói jagua, 8 meters long.
The proposed declaration was put up for consideration during the Municipal Board meeting on October 2, and was unanimously endorsed by the members of the legislative body.
The document also establishes the recognition of the sculptor Raúl Ortigoza for his cultural and artistic contribution to the department of Canindeyú through the works exhibited in the Biological Shelter.
The implementation of the “Paseo de las Esculturas” project materialized through the Superintendency of Environmental Management and the Itaipu Tourism Advisory Department.
“This statement by the Municipal Board of Saltos del Guairá is very important; on the one hand, in recognition of the efforts of the Binacional carried out in the Mbaracayú Refuge, as well as a tool for disseminating this new attraction that is now available in this protected area,” said Carlos Flores, manager of the Protected Areas Division of Itaipu. .
“The sculpture walk seeks to unite art and nature, and also promote among visitors a message about the conservation of biodiversity and highlight the characteristic species of the region,” he added.
The sculptures were created with materials seized by park rangers over 15 years of work in protected areas, within the framework of the Protection and Surveillance program. This initiative also had the permanent support of the employees of the Binational Protected Areas Division.
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