The Pantanal is the largest tropical wetland in the world, located primarily in Brazil, with portions extending into Bolivia and Paraguay. This unique ecosystem is characterized by its rich ...

The Pantanal is the world’s largest tropical wetland, created by the convergence of more than 1,200 rivers and streams rushing down from the eastern Andes and the high plateaus of the Cerrado, the ...

The Pantanal’s wetland habitats are teeming with an extraordinary ... Visitors can hike, swim, and photograph the breathtaking scenery, making Lencois Maranhenses a must-visit destination ...

The Pantanal is "more intact and pristine" than most other wetlands in the world, said World Wildlife. It comprises about 3% of all the wetlands on Earth – but less than 5% of it is protected.

GLAND, Switzerland— Conservation groups sent an urgent letter to the Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention today requesting a full assessment of damage caused by recent fires to in the Pantanal — the ...

This paper uses data from a long-term ethnography of both the local people and the conservation agenda in the Pantanal wetland, Brazil, to discuss how environmentalists used the PNDSPCT to justify the ...

Supervised by Dr. Peter Leimgruber and Dr. Tom Akre, we are studying the Pantanal wetland cattle ranching system. Located in the middle of South America, the Pantanal is the largest wetland in the ...

Wildfires are raging across the Pantanal tropical wetlands in southern Brazil, one of the most biodiversity areas in the world and a major tourist destination, regional authorities said on Thursday.

A Brazil-based AP all-formats team went beyond just documenting the fires that swept across Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands, decimating wildlife, but also reported that the government’s meager response ...

As this year’s fire season escalates, fire outbreaks are jeopardizing the Pantanal — the world’s largest tropical wetland — and its imperiled wildlife. Today's petition urges the UNESCO World Heritage ...

The Pantanal, which also covers areas of Bolivia ... including 36 that are threatened with extinction Fires are raging in the wetlands of west-central Brazil, leaving behind a vast swath of ...

Deep in the Brazilian wetlands, a jaguar named Amanaci was recently rescued from raging fires in the Pantanal — the world's largest wetland. She's undergoing an experimental stem cell treatment ...