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PATANAL WETLANDS.
#Conservation
Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetlands is facing a severe crisis due to wildfires and climate change.
□ ABOUT :-◇ Natural region encompassing the
world’s largest tropical wetland area, and the
world’s largest flooded grasslands.
◇ Located within the
Brazilian and extends to some portions of
Bolivia and
Paraguay.
◇ Sprawls over an area estimated at between
140,000 and
195,000 square kilometer.◇
80% of the Pantanal floodplains are submerged during the rainy seasons, nurturing a biologically diverse collection of aquatic plants and helping to support a dense array of animal species.
□ RISKS FACED :-
◇ Unlike the Amazon rainforest, vegetation in the Pantanal has evolved to coexist with fire.
◇ Often caused by
lightning strikes, those natural fires spring up at the end of the
dry season, but the surrounding floodplains prevent them from spreading.
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