Ecotrópica
Ecotrópica is a Brazilian nature conservation organization that was founded in 1989 by Adelaberto Eberhard in Cuiabá , Mato Grosso . Ecotrópica is a member of the international Living Lakes network of the Global Nature Fund .
In the 1980s, Ecotrópica successfully campaigned to bring down plans for the Hidrovia, the expansion of the Rio Paraguay in the Brazilian Pantanal . In the middle of the South American continent, a 3,500-kilometer-long waterway was to be created that would be navigable all year round. For this purpose, large parts of the second largest river system with streams such as the Rio Paraná and the Rio Paraguai would have had to be rebuilt and artificially adapted. The biggest victim of the ambitious project would have been the Pantanal and its lifelines.
In 2000 UNESCO named the Pantanal Matogrossense National Park and the three adjoining protected areas of the Brazilian environmental protection organization Ecotrópica (total area 1878 km²) a World Heritage Site .
Ecotrópica is currently fighting, in cooperation with the Global Nature Fund, against the construction of further ethanol factories in the catchment area of the rivers of the Pantanal. The Global Nature Fund and Ecotropica have named the Pantanal Lake of the Year 2007.
Web links
- ecotropica.org.br Website of Ecotropica (Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ the Pantanal - Conservationists in Paradise , 3sat, short description, accessed on December 17, 2013.