Brazil's Environment Minister Marina Silva said Tuesday that at least 96% of the fires in the Pantanal, Pantanal, a natural region encompassing the world's largest tropical wetland area and the ...

For now, the Pantanal is relatively intact, sustaining more than 270 communities—1.5 million people—in addition to its flora and fauna, and helping to stabilize the climate throughout the region and ...

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.

Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s largest wetlands, is home to a sizable population of jaguars. Near one tiny outpost, the normally shy animals are remarkably easy to observe. Credit ...

The Pantanal Conservation Area consists of a cluster of four protected areas with a total area of 187,818 ha. Located in western central Brazil at the south-west corner of the State of Mato Grosso, ...

Located in the middle of South America, the Pantanal ... the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) created the Sustainable Ranch Label (Fazenda Pantaneira Sustentável) 5.

São Paulo, 21 August -- As the hot, dry days progress, the Brazilian Pantanal and the Amazon are under more pressure from fires. Even the presence of the Brazilian Armed Forces in some parts of the ...

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 58, No. 6 (2013), pp. 2249-2261 (13 pages) Nearly 15,000 shallow, saline or freshwater lakes and ponds coexist in close proximity in the Nhecolândia, a 24,000 km² ...