Tag: pantanal
Lula’s Victory as President Brings Hope that Jaguars Will Once Again Thrive in Brazil’s Pantanal
We cruised the murky brown shallows of the Corixo Negro, the Black Channel, in ...
Over 3,000 Brazilian Animal and Plant Species Are Endangered or Vulnerable to Extinction
Brazil has 3,229 animal and plant species under threat — 19.8 percent of the ...
World’s Largest Tropical Wetland, the Brazilian Pantanal, Being Converted into Ashes
Fires are raging in the wetlands of west-central Brazil, leaving behind a vast swath ...
How Ecotourism Is Saving the Brazilian Jaguar from Extinction
From villain to hero, the jaguar (Panthera onça) stands at the cusp of a ...
Brazil’s Amazon and Pantanal Off-Limits for Sugarcane Industry
The administration of Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva proposed a new bill ...
Brazilian Pantanal Uses Bone and Horn, All to Sell Furniture
Nature in the Brazilian Pantanal is generous. There are savannahs, a little Amazon forest ...
Voyeurs of the World Discover Brazil’s Pantanal
Old pond. / Frog jumps in. / Water-sound. The seventeenth century Japanese haiku poem ...
Brazil’s Pantanal, a Biosphere Reserve, in Danger of Disappearing in 45 years
At an average annual devastation rate of 2.3%, the Pantanal, the world’s largest flood ...
Brazil Drafts Conservation Plan for Pantanal, a Mankind’s Patrimony
In December, 2005, Brazil’s Minister of Environment, Marina Silva, signed an act establishing the ...
Brazil Opens the Door to Its Bio Treasures
In a move to take advantage of Brazil’s enormous biodiversity, the Brazilian Ministry of ...
