The end of an entire biome? World's largest wetland, the Pantanal, is menaced by the Hidrovia project which is uncertain to sustainably support large-scale navigation.

Autor: Wantzen KM; EUCOR Excellence Chair 'Water and Sustainability', CNRS UMR ITES, University of Strasbourg, France; KIT, Germany. Electronic address: kmwantzen@unistr.fr., Assine ML; University of Brasilia, Department of Geology, Brasília, DF, Brazil. Electronic address: mario.assine@unesp.br., Bortolotto IM; Mato Grosso do Sul Federal University, Biosciences Institute, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil., Calheiros DF; Embrapa/Federal Public Ministry, Corumbá, MS, Brazil. Electronic address: debora.calheiros@embrapa.br., Campos Z; Embrapa Pantanal, Wildlife Laboratory, Corumbá, MS, Brazil. Electronic address: zilca.campos@embrapa.br., Catella AC; Embrapa Pantanal, Corumbá, MS, Brazil. Electronic address: agostinho.catella@embrapa.br., Chiaravalotti RM; University College London, Department of Anthropology, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: r.chiaravalloti@ucl.ac.uk., Collischonn W; Rio Grande do Sul Federal University, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil., Couto EG; Mato Grosso Federal University, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil. Electronic address: eduardo.couto@ufmt.br., da Cunha CN; National Institute for Wetland Science and Technology, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil., Damasceno-Junior GA; Mato Grosso do Sul Federal University, Bioscience Institute, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil., da Silva CJ; Mato Grosso State University, Pantanal Biosphere Reserve, Cáceres, MT, Brazil., Eberhard A; Founder of Ecotrópica Foundation, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil., Ebert A; Mato Grosso Federal University, Wetlands National Institute, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil., de Figueiredo DM; Mato Grosso Federal University/Graduate Program in Water Resources and Postdoc CNPq Peld Darp Pantanal, Brazil., Friedlander M; Comissão de Defesa das Cabeceiras do Jamacá, Chapada dos Guimarães, MT, Brazil., Garcia LC; Mato Grosso do Sul Federal University, Biosciences Institute, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil., Girard P; Mato Grosso Federal University, Pantanal Research Center, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil., Hamilton SK; Michigan State University; Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, United States. Electronic address: hamilton@msu.edu., Ikeda-Castrillon S; Mato Grosso State University, Cáceres, MT, Brazil. Electronic address: solangeikeda@unemat.br., Libonati R; Rio de Janeiro Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Electronic address: renata.libonati@igeo.ufrj.br., Lourival R; Terra Brasilis Institute, San Diego State University, Behnner & Stieffel Center for Brazilian Studies, Brasília, DF, Brazil; Mato Grosso do Sul Federal University, Campus Pantanal, Corumbá, MS, Brazil., de Azevedo Macedo H; Terra Brasilis Institute, San Diego State University, Behnner & Stieffel Center for Brazilian Studies, Brasília, DF, Brazil; Mato Grosso do Sul Federal University, Campus Pantanal, Corumbá, MS, Brazil. Electronic address: hudson.macedo@ufms.br., Junior JM; Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil. Electronic address: jose.marcato@ufms.br., Mateus L; Mato Grosso Federal University, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil., Morato RG; Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, National Carnivore Research and Conservation Center, Atibaia, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: ronaldo.morato@icmbio.gov.br., Mourão G; Embrapa Pantanal, Wildlife Laboratory, Corumbá, MS, Brazil. Electronic address: guilherme.mourao@embrapa.br., Muniz CC; Mato Grosso State University, Cáceres, MT, Brazil. Electronic address: claumir@unemat.br., Nunes AV; Ecology Research Institute, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil. Electronic address: andre.nunes@ipe.org.br., de Oliveira MD; Embrapa Pantanal, Corumbá, MS, Brazil. Electronic address: marcia.divina@embrapa.br., da Rosa Oliveria M; Minas Gerais Federal University, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil., Junior ESO; Mato Grosso State University, Cáceres, MT, Brazil., Padovani CR; Embrapa Pantanal, Corumbá, MS, Brazil. Electronic address: carlos.padovani@embrapa.br., Penha J; Mato Grosso Federal University, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil., Ribeiro DB; Mato Grosso do Sul Federal University, Biosciences Institute, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil., de Oliveira Roque F; Mato Grosso do Sul Federal University, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil., Silva A; Mato Grosso do Sul Federal University, Campus do Pantanal, Corumbá, MS, Brazil. Electronic address: aguinaldo.silva@ufms.br., Soriano BMA; Embrapa Pantanal, Corumbá, MS, Brazil. Electronic address: balbina.soriano@embrapa.br., de Sousa Junior WC; Airforce Technology Institute's Infrastructure, Environment and Sustainability Study Group, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil., Tomas WM; Embrapa Pantanal, Wildlife Laboratory, Corumbá, MS, Brazil. Electronic address: walfrido.tomas@embrapa.br., Tortato FR; Panthera, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil. Electronic address: ftortato@panthera.org., Urbanetz C; Embrapa Pantanal, Corumbá, MS, Brazil. Electronic address: catia.urbanetz@embrapa.br.

Publikováno v: The Science of the total environment [Sci Total Environ] 2023 Oct 28, pp. 167751. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 28.