Inter Press ServiceA freshly felled trunk of willow-leaf red quebracho lies in a forest in the Chaco region in northeastern Argentina. Native to South America, this straight-trunked tree is highly valued for its high tannin content and its hardwood, which gave rise to its name in Spanish: "quebra hacho (axe breaker)". CREDIT: Courtesy of Riccardo Tiddi - Inter Press Service https://www.ipsnews.net/2021/02/argentinas-chaco-region-forest-also-source-electricity/aa-197/feed/ News and Views from the Global South Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:46:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 A freshly felled trunk of willow-leaf red quebracho lies in a forest in the Chaco region in northeastern Argentina. Native to South America, this straight-trunked tree is highly valued for its high tannin content and its hardwood, which gave rise to its name in Spanish: “quebra hacho (axe breaker)”. CREDIT: Courtesy of Riccardo Tiddi https://www.ipsnews.net/2021/02/argentinas-chaco-region-forest-also-source-electricity/aa-197/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2021/02/argentinas-chaco-region-forest-also-source-electricity/aa-197/#respond Fri, 19 Feb 2021 18:33:21 +0000 Stephanie Wildes http://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2021/02/aa.jpg

A freshly felled trunk of willow-leaf red quebracho lies in a forest in the Chaco region in northeastern Argentina. Native to South America, this straight-trunked tree is highly valued for its high tannin content and its hardwood, which gave rise to its name in Spanish: "quebra hacho (axe breaker)". CREDIT: Courtesy of Riccardo Tiddi

By Stephanie Wildes
Feb 19 2021

A freshly felled trunk of willow-leaf red quebracho lies in a forest in the Chaco region in northeastern Argentina. Native to South America, this straight-trunked tree is highly valued for its high tannin content and its hardwood, which gave rise to its name in Spanish: "quebra hacho (axe breaker)". CREDIT: Courtesy of Riccardo Tiddi

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A freshly felled trunk of willow-leaf red quebracho lies in a forest in the Chaco region in northeastern Argentina. Native to South America, this straight-trunked tree is highly valued for its high tannin content and its hardwood, which gave rise to its name in Spanish: "quebra hacho (axe breaker)". CREDIT: Courtesy of Riccardo Tiddi]]> https://www.ipsnews.net/2021/02/argentinas-chaco-region-forest-also-source-electricity/aa-197/feed/ 0