Photo credit: Onçafari-André
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Brazil’s Pantanal is an environmental wonderland home to
fascinating species like giant otters, giant armadillos, and
the densest population of jaguars on the planet.
But climate change and tourism are putting the world’s largest
wetland in serious peril: with the land rapidly
drying, record-setting fires have just killed countless
animals, with some estimates in the millions.
Local groups are sounding the alarm and asking for
help purchasing and protecting forever an enormous
tract of 326,179 acres that will prevent exploitation and
save animals and communities from future disasters.
So we’re partnering with Rainforest Trust to help make it happen.
Together we’ve purchased and protected rainforest from Indonesia to
Colombia – and now we can do it again. Our
collective donation to the project will be matched 4x,
quadrupling our impact – can you help protect the Pantanal,
and power Ekō's work to protect the planet from corporate
power?
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The Pantanal isn’t as famous as the Amazon but it has become
the second most popular tourist destination in South America after
the Galapagos. That pressure, and the desire to install more
farmland, has driven deforestation and made it increasingly hard to
conserve large wilderness areas that could keep the ecosystem
intact.
Add climate change to the mix and the Pantanal’s survival is at
stake. Just look at this year’s fires:
Or what it does to local
wildlife:
The new Taquari Wetlands State Park would significantly expand
protection for a critical wildlife corridor, allowing animals to
safely travel away from the most touristed areas of the Pantanal.
And support for a new local firefighting team could save
literally millions of animals from future climate-change-driven
fires.
With your help, we can support Rainforest Trust and local
partners like Onçafri to make this a reality, as well as continue
our campaigning to protect biodiversity worldwide, including in the
Amazon. We can help buy and protect a critical part of the
world’s largest wetland – our collective donation to the project
will be matched 4:1, quadrupling our impact. Will you join
us?
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Your donation will help power Ekō
and our campaigns worldwide fighting for people and the
planet.
