The end of an entire biome? World's largest wetland, the Pantanal, is menaced by the Hidrovia project which is uncertain to sustainably support large-scale navigation

Wantzen, Karl M.; Assine, Mario Luis; Bortolotto, Ieda Maria; Calheiros, Debora Fernandes; Campos, Zilca; Catella, Agostinho Carlos; Chiaravalotti, Rafael Morais; Collischonn, Walter; Couto, Eduardo Guimarães; da Cunha, Catia Nunes; Damasceno-Junior, Geraldo Alves; da Silva, Carolina Joana; Eberhard, Adalberto; Ebert, Alexandre; de Figueiredo, Daniela Maimoni; Friedlander, Mario; Garcia, Leticia Couto; Girard, Pierre; Hamilton, Stephen K.; Ikeda-Castrillon, Solange; Libonati, Renata; Lourival, Reinaldo; de Azevedo Macedo, Hudson; Junior, José Marcato; Mateus, Lucia; Morato, Ronaldo Gonçalves; Mourão, Guilherme; Muniz, Claumir Cesar; Nunes, André Valle; de Oliveira, Marcia Divina; da Rosa Oliveria, Maxwell; Junior, Ernandes Sobreira Oliveira; Padovani, Carlos Roberto; Penha, Jerry; Ribeiro, Danilo Bandini; de Oliveira Roque, Fabio; Silva, Aguinaldo; Soriano, Balbina Maria Araújo; Sousa Junior, Wilson Cabral; Tomas, Walfrido Moraes; Tortato, Fernando Rodrigo; Urbanetz, Catia

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167751

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“…Recent initiatives to alter the Paraguay River for improved ease of barge-transported (fig. 3) agricultural exports through the Pantanal region will further disconnect the river from the floodplain, shrinking the wetland and contributing to major ecological degradation (Wantzen et al 2024). The preliminary licenses issued for the installation of port infrastructure in the upper part of the Paraguay River have raised concerns regarding socio-ecological impacts.…”

Section: Overview Of the Pantanal Biomementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Pantaneiro way of life has historically operated symbiotically with the wetland's cycles of rising and falling water levels, but this may not continue without well-designed and well-implemented institutions (i.e., rules, norms, and strategies) that promote conservation (Wantzen et al 2024). Maximizing the effectiveness and efficiency of existing institutions in the Pantanal is inherently challenging.…”

Section: Governance To Conserve the Ecosystem And Pantaneiro Lifestylementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Governance of the area is polycentric, a system with many actors operating independently mutually adjusting in accordance with their relationships to one another (Ostrom 1999). Furthermore, unlike other biomes with extensive protected areas, most of the Pantanal is privately owned, requiring extensive coordination (Wantzen et al 2024). Although the Pantanal has special protection status under Brazil's federal constitution, this biome has historically gained less attention and resources than natural resources in other protected sites, such as the Amazon River basin or the Atlantic Forest.…”

Section: Governance To Conserve the Ecosystem And Pantaneiro Lifestylementioning

confidence: 99%

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Sustainable Water Governance in the Brazilian Pantanal Biome: Challenges and Lessons

Bell,

Puga

2024

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Problems caused by land-use change and climate change transcend territorial boundaries, but often management of natural heritage sites can only influence what happens within the local area. Therefore, we need innovative conservation strategies that also transcend territorial boundaries. Hence, the approach to managing our natural heritage sites may need innovative strategies to ensure their effective conservation. This study examines the conservation approach in the Pantanal biome, which houses multiple centers of decision-making across Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Despite the region’s significant contribution in providing ecosystem services and playing an integral part in local cultural heritage and Native communities, Pantanal has suffered from a lack of clear rules and strategies, challenges in implementation, and, largely, capacity and coordination across different governance scales. This contribution synthesizes key challenges and potential opportunities through co-production and information sharing to ensure a socio-ecological approach to promoting the conservation and resilience of the Pantanal biome.

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Section: Overview Of the Pantanal Biomementioning

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Section: Governance To Conserve the Ecosystem And Pantaneiro Lifestylementioning

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Sustainable Water Governance in the Brazilian Pantanal Biome: Challenges and Lessons

Bell,

Puga

2024

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“…The Pantanal is the world's largest tropical wetland area, located primarily in western Brazil. It is renowned for its rich biodiversity, including numerous species of birds, mammals, and aquatic animals, and serves as an important habitat for migratory birds ( [38]). The Pampas is a vast biome that extends across southern Brazil, as well as parts of Uruguay and Argentina.…”

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Spatial Heterogeneity in Climate Change: Evidence from Brazilian Biomes

Rodarte,

Laurini

2024

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We present a methodology designed to study the spatial heterogeneity of climate change. Our approach involves decomposing the observed changes in temperature patterns into multiple trend, cycle, and seasonal components within spatio-temporal models. We apply this method to test the hypothesis of a global long-term temperature trend against multiple trends in distinct biomes. Applying this methodology, we delve into the examination of heterogeneity of climate change in Brazil — a country characterized by a spectrum of climate zones. The findings challenge the notion of a global trend, revealing the presence of distinct trends in warming effects, and more accelerated trends for the Amazon and Cerrado biomes, indicating a composition between global warming and deforestation in determining changes in permanent temperature patterns.

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“…The Pantanal Biosphere Reserve, which has as its primary objective the preservation of sustainability, is one of the most extensive wetlands in the world, subject to flood pulses generated by the Paraguay River and its tributaries. It is also influenced by different drivers, related to various and important economic activities such as electricity production, agricultural expansion, cattle raising, navigation, and tourism (Alho, 2008;Silva et al, 2015;Wantzen et al, 2023). This work aims to look at how well economic development, ecological processes, and environmental assets, can work together to maintain wealth and be sustainable with social justice.…”

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Analysis of the economic and environmental sustainability of the municipality of Cáceres-Pantanal, MT, Brazil

Carvalho Junior,

Silva,

Castrillon

et al. 2023

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Cáceres plays a significant role in the Brazilian economy through animal production, boasting one of the country's largest concentrations of cattle. The economic sector uses environmental assets, a common property of society, using renewable and non-renewable resources. This affects the sustainability and competitiveness of the economic and environmental system. The analysis is done using systems ecology and emergy synthesis. First, a system diagram is constructed to organize the relationships between the ecological components. The second step consists of constructing the emergy synthesis calculation tables of the flows illustrated in the diagrams. Finally, emergy indices are calculated to summarize and relate the emergy flows of the economy with those of the environment. The findings indicate a minimal contribution from local energy sources, suggesting the necessity for greater recycling and integration in swine production. This work could be useful for the elaboration of public policies common to all municipalities that are part of the Pantanal region. Biodiversity, tourism, and the inclusion of protected areas in economic development planning can be important environmental assets for sustainability, social inclusion, and job creation.

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The end of an entire biome? World's largest wetland, the Pantanal, is menaced by the Hidrovia project which is uncertain to sustainably support large-scale navigation

Cited by 5 publications

References 43 publications

Sustainable Water Governance in the Brazilian Pantanal Biome: Challenges and Lessons

Sustainable Water Governance in the Brazilian Pantanal Biome: Challenges and Lessons

Spatial Heterogeneity in Climate Change: Evidence from Brazilian Biomes

Analysis of the economic and environmental sustainability of the municipality of Cáceres-Pantanal, MT, Brazil

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