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"In the heart of South America, two massive, thriving natural areas—the
Pantanal and Gran Chaco Forest—need protection to continue to provide refuge
and migration routes to countless wildlife species, maintain vital climate
regulation services, and preserve residents’ rich cultural heritage and
livelihoods. A new collaboration aims to secure that protection for this
integrated landscape, which spans 305 million acres across parts of Argentina,
Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.
The Pantanal’s tropical wetlands and Gran Chaco’s dry forests play a crucial
role in maintaining regional—and, in fact, global—environmental stability and
preserving habitat for thousands of species, including some of the continent’s
largest mammals, such as the jaguar, giant anteater, giant river otter, maned
wolf, and tapir.
In addition, these lands are home to at least nine Indigenous peoples with a
long tradition of conservation stewardship—the Ayoreo, Chiquitano, Guaraní,
Ishyr, Kadiwéu, Tapiete, Toba, Weenhayek, and Wichí—many of whom, despite their
tremendous cultural wealth, live in highly vulnerable social and environmental
situations. Also, hundreds of local families depend on the good health of these
ecosystems for livelihoods and traditions ranging from ecotourism and cattle
ranching in natural pastures to fishing and subsistence farming.
In partnership with national, local, and Indigenous governments, The Pew
Charitable Trusts’ work on this new initiative—the conserving the Pantanal and
Gran Chaco of South America project—is being carried out through collaboration
with strategic partners with extensive experience in the region. The project
seeks to build, elevate, and expand ongoing efforts to improve the management
standards of key public and private protected areas; support Indigenous
territorial management to advance conservation and sustainable use; encourage a
standard for sustainable ranching in the Pantanal; and advance long-term
conservation financing mechanisms for durable protection. Central to this work
will be respecting Indigenous peoples’ and organizations’ autonomy as well as
their rights over their resources and territories.
The project’s initial phase focuses on protecting vast areas of forests,
savannahs, and wetlands in Bolivia and Brazil by 2027. Work to improve the
management of protected areas is already underway in Bolivia, in close
partnership with local organizations such as Nativa, Natura, and WWF-Bolivia."
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
