Jaguar tourism in Brazil’s Pantanal needs new rules to avoid collapse: Study

Jaguar tourism in Brazil’s Pantanal needs new rules to avoid collapse: Study

Jaguar tourism in Porto Jofre, a remote outpost in the Pantanal wetlands of western Brazil, has become so successful that researchers now say it needs new rules to survive. Brazil’s Pantanal is home to the second-largest population of jaguars (Panthera onca) in the world (after the Brazilian Amazon). An estimated 4,000-6,000 of the big cats live in the region, many concentrated around the Porto Jofre area, where just a few decades ago jaguars we…

The Jaguar tourism in Porto Jofre, a remote outpost in the Pantanal wetlands in western Brazil, has become so successful that researchers now say that it needs new rules to survive. Brazilian Pantanal is home to the world's second largest Jaguar population (Panthera onca) (after the Brazilian Amazon region). An estimated 4,000 to 6,000 of these big cats live in [...] The post-threating collapse: Jaguar tourism in the Brazilian Pantanal needs new…

Jaguar tourism in Brazil’s Pantanal needs new rules to avoid collapse: Study - EnviroLink Network

Jaguar tourism in Porto Jofre, a remote outpost in the Pantanal wetlands of western Brazil, has become so successful that researchers now say it needs new rules to survive. Brazil’s Pantanal is home to the second-largest population of jaguars (Panthera onca) in the world (after the Brazilian Amazon). An estimated 4,000-6,000 of the big cats live in the region, many concentrated around the Porto Jofre area, where just a few decades ago jaguars wer