A Waterway Project in Brazil Imperils a Vast Tropical Wetland

Yale e360
May 26, 2022, 9:00 am119 pts
The Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland, has been battered in recent years by agricultural development, drought, and fire. Now, a push to turn the region’s key river into a waterway for soybean-laden barges threatens to alter the natural flows of this iconic ecosystem. Read more on E360 →

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