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Moises Bertoni was a Swiss scientist, (1857-1929), who moved to South America, first Argentina, then Paraguay where he studied and published material on Guarani indian ethnography, the Guarani language, botony, zoology, entomology , meteorology, agriculture and biology.
In 1988, people concerned about the alarming disappearance of Paraguayan fauna and flora and its grave impact on the future generations of Paraguayans, formed a group whose main focus was to promote the conservation of nature. It was formed to combat the ongoing destruction of the environment and to protect the rich biodiversity of Paraguay. This organization was called The Moises Bertoni Foundation and it was honor to develop a Website for them.