Located in western central Brazil at the south-west corner of the State of Mato Grosso, the site represents 1.3% of Brazil's Pantanal region, one of the world's largest freshwater wetland ecosystems.

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.

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.

The world's largest tropical wetland, it's a haven for birdwatching and spotting rare flora and fauna. "You should go to Pantanal to live Brazilian Safari…it offers unparalleled wildlife viewing ...

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 ...

The governments of Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay have jointly committed to the conservation and sustainable development of the shared Pantanal ecosystem, an area of 20 million hectares and the world’s ...

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 subregion of the Pantanal wetland in ...

but exacerbated by unusually dry conditions in recent weeks - have engulfed more than 10% of the Brazilian wetland, known as the Pantanal, exacting a toll scientists call “unprecedented”.