"If the hidrovia project goes ahead, navigation of large train barges in the Pantanal, with dredging in critical reaches of the Paraguay River, will probably mean the end of the Pantanal as we ...

A new study shows that the pantanal’s flooded area has been shrinking in recent decades. The phenomenon is believed to be ...

I took off running out of the river, afraid that I would be further ... remain open because it is an important draw in Brazil's Pantanal region, known for its ecotourism. Each September, Caceres ...

The Pantanal is a unique mosaic of marshes ... “It is considered a drought when the Paraguay River drops below four meters [13 feet]. In the 2024 floods, this measurement did not exceed one ...

Aware that conservation in the Pantanal depends on the integral maintenance of the Upper Paraguay River Watershed, the programme is now expanding efforts to other related ecosystems located outside ...

The Northern Pantanal, a haven of biodiversity around the Transpantaneira river The northern part of the Pantanal, which has ...

A firefighter tries to put out a forest fire in Porto Jofre, Mato Grosso state, Brazil There have been more than 15,000 fires in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands so far this year, causing widespread ...

Experts associate this drastic reduction with climate variability and the lack of rainfall in the river basin. The Pantanal, one of the most fragile and important biomes on the planet, is ...