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Conservation in the Pantanal of Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2009

Russell A. Mittermeier ,
Ibsen de Gusmão Câmara ,
Maria Tereza Jorge Pádua  and
Janice Blanck
Russell A. Mittermeier
Affiliation:
President, Conservation International, 1015 18th St., NW, Washington DC 20036, USA and Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Health Sciences Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794–8081, USA.
Ibsen de Gusmão Câmara
Affiliation:
Av. das Americas 2300, Casa 40, 22640 Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil
Maria Tereza Jorge Pádua
Affiliation:
Fundacao Pro Natureza, Caixa Postal 02–0186, 70.001 Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
Janice Blanck
Affiliation:
WWF, 1250 Twenty-Fourth Street, NW, Washington DC 20037, USA.
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Abstract

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The Pantanal of South America is the world's largest wetland and has an abundant and diverse fauna. Although man's influence has caused many changes there are still some little disturbed areas, which offer opportunities for conservation. The authors discuss some of the threats to the region and recommend how these could be mitigated.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 1990 , pp. 103 - 112
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1990

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