Brazil’s Pantanal was recently in the news due to wildfires.
- Pantanal is the largest tropical wetland on earth.
- Wetlands like the Pantanal are Earth’s most effective carbon sinks.
- It sprawls across three South American countries—Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay—and supports millions of people there, as well as communities in the lower Rio de la Plata Basin.
- The Pantanal Conservation Area of Brazil is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Pantanal is home to the world’s largest jaguar species as well as species like the endangered tapir and giant anteaters.
- Pantanal has one of the highest density of jaguars anywhere the world. The Pantanal is also home to the biggest parrot on the planet, the hyacinth macaw.
