Imagens do Pantanal

The Pantanal is the last remaining great wetland in the world, where man and nature achieved some form of coexistence. Until now! Threatened recently in the north by localised fertiliser runoff, silting and mercury poisoning from gold-mining activities and in the south by clearance for prairie style cultivation of wheat and soya, for which massive amounts of fertiliser are necessary because of poor soil conditions, the Pantanal is again very seriously threatened by a revival of the huge multi-billion dollar Hidrovia project. This plan to deepen and straighten the Paraguay River by dredging will have devastating ecological effect and eventually dire economic consequences for all in the region. The images below could soon be just a memory and an irrevocable loss for future generations of humanity.

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