Question:Pantanal Wetland is found in which of the following countries:
(a) Canada
(b) Argentina
(c) Chile
(d) Brazil
Answer:(d)
- Context:
- Pantanal Wetland is currently suffering its worst fires in more than two decades with nearly 12% of its vegetation reportedly already lost.
- Facts:
●Pantanal Wetland: It is a natural region encompassing the world’s largest tropical wetland area and the world’s largest flooded grasslands.
● Location: It is located mostly within Brazil but it extends into portions of Bolivia and Paraguay.
● Significance:
● In 2000, part of this ecoregion, the ‘Pantanal Conservation Area’ representing 1.3% of the Brazilian Pantanal was inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
● In the same year, a part of Pantanal Wetland was named as UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.The Pantanal Biosphere Reserve is home to a diversity of flora and fauna that is particularly valuable containing at least 4,700 described species.
By: Arpit Mishra
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