Exploring the Pantanal
An Earthwatch Institute Virtual Field Trip

Conservation is a complex issue challenging the balance between protecting natural resources and human progress.

Join teachers from Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Rhode Island, and Washington State, as they work with researchers in the field in Brazil from February 14-25, 2004.

Weighing a Peccarie

(Photo by Martha Rogers)
***February 25, 2004:  The team has left the Pantanal, and they are on their way home.  Stay tuned for final reflections from team members.

Daily Journals
(updated Feb 24, 8:40 AM PST)

*New* Read emails and responses

Updated Feb 25, 9:10 AM PST

Team Web Pages Direct from Pantanal

Image Gallery

Fazenda

Peccaries

Small Mammals

Meet the Participants

(update with Brazilian teachers)

General Information
Teacher participation in this expedition is made possible through grants to Earthwatch from the Aristotle Fund of the Maine Community Foundation, the Virginia B. Butler Fund of the Rhode Island Foundation, the Hardin Foundation, the Ford Motor Company Fund, and the National Geographic Society Education Foundation.