The Pantanal, the world’s largest freshwater wetland, whose territory is shared between Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia, is drying up due to land degradation and had 2021 as its driest year in four decades, according to a study published today.
Carried out by the Mapbiomas initiative, the researchers warned that last year, the wet area of the biome did not exceed 1.6 million hectares, which represents 76 percent less than the 6.7 million hectares it had in 1985 when the studies began.
In addition, Mapbiomas warned that the Pantanal is shrinking even during periods of rising water levels. . .
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