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A portion of the Pantanal in Brazil has been protected as the Pantanal Matogrossense National Park. This 1,350 km 2 (520 sq mi) park, established in September 1981, is located in the municipality of Poconé in the State of Mato Grosso, between the mouths of the Baía de São Marcos and the Gurupi Rivers.
Pantanal Matogrossense National Park has an area of 135,606 hectares (335,090 acres). It is in the Pantanal biome . The park was created by decree nº 86.392 on 24 September 1981, and is managed by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). [ 2 ]
The Brazilian marine biome is located on the "Marine Zone of Brazil", the continental shelf biotope, and presents several ecosystems. The Brazilian Coastal Zone has as distinctive aspects in its long extension through different biomes that arrive until the coast, the biome of the Amazônia , the biome of the Caatinga and bioma of the Atlantic ...
Transpantaneira, Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil. The Transpantaneira, also known as MT-060, is a road that crosses the pantanal, in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil. The road is a link between the city of Poconé and the town of Porto Jofre. It is 147 kilometres (91 mi) long and crosses no less than 122 wooden bridges.
In August 2024, the Bolivian government has asked Brazil for support in fighting forest fires. In the Pantanal, a border area between the countries, the Serra do Amolar was recently hit by fire. The request for help was sent to the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC) and is being evaluated by the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [21]
In Brazil's Pantanal, the vegetation compacted under the marshy flood water during the wet season dries out as ponds and lagoons evaporate, leaving flammable deposits underground that can continue ...
The Paraguay River is the primary waterway of the 147,629-square-kilometre (57,000 sq mi) Pantanal wetlands of southern Brazil, northern Paraguay and parts of Bolivia. The Pantanal is the world's largest tropical wetland and is largely dependent upon waters provided by the Paraguay River.
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