Sustainability Agenda for the Pantanal Wetland: Perspectives on a Collaborative Interface for Science, Policy, and Decision-Making
Authors: Tomas Walfrido M. , de Oliveira Roque Fabio , Morato Ronaldo G. , Medici Patricia Emilia , Chiaravalloti Rafael M. , Tortato Fernando R. , Penha Jerry M. F. , Izzo Thiago J. , Garcia Leticia C. , Lourival Reinaldo F. F. , Girard Pierre , Albuquerque Nelson R. , Almeida-Gomes Mauricio , Andrade Maria H. da Silva , Araujo Flávia A. S. , Araujo Andréa C. , Arruda Erica C. de , Assunção Vivian A. , Battirola Leandro D. , Benites Maristela , Bolzan Fabio P. , Boock Julia C. , Bortolotto Ieda M. , Brasil Marivaine da Silva , Camilo Andre R. , Campos Zilca , Carniello Maria A. , Catella Agostinho C. , Cheida Carolina C. , Crawshaw Peter G. , Crispim Sandra M. A. , Junior Geraldo A. D. , Desbiez Arnaud L. J. , Dias Felipe A. , Eaton Donald P. , Faggioni Gabriel P. , Farinaccio Maria A. , Fernandes Julio F. A. , Ferreira Vanda L. , Fischer Erich A. , Fragoso Carlos E. , Freitas Gabriel O. , Galvani Fabio , Garcia Aurea S. , Garcia Carolina M. , Graciolli Gustavo , Guariento Rafael D. , Guedes Neiva M. R. , Guerra Angélica , Herrera Heitor M. , Hoogesteijn Rafael , Ikeda Solange C. , Juliano Raquel S. , Kantek Daniel L. Z. K. , Keuroghlian Alexine , Lacerda Ana C. R. , Lacerda André L. R. , Landeiro Victor L. , Laps Rudi R. , Layme Viviane , Leimgruber Peter , Rocha Fabiana L. , Mamede Simone , Marques Débora K. S. , Marques Marinez I. , Mateus Lúcia A. F. , Moraes Rosana N. , Moreira Thamy A. , Mourão Guilherme M. , Nicola Rafaela D. , Nogueira Davidson G. , Nunes Alessandro P. , Nunes da Cunha Catia da , Oliveira Marcia D. , Oliveira Maxwell R. , Paggi Gecele M. , Pellegrin Aiesca O. , Pereira Guellity M. F. , Peres Igor A. H. F. S. , Pinho João B. , Pinto Joao O. P. , Pott Arnildo , Provete Diogo B. , dos Reis Vanderlei D. A. , dos Reis Letícia K. , Renaud Pierre-Cyril , Ribeiro Danilo B. , Rossetto Onelia C. , Sabino José , Rumiz Damián , Salis Suzana M. , Santana Diego J. , Santos Sandra A. , Sartori Ângela L. , Sato Michele , Schuchmann Karl-L. , Scremin-Dias Edna , Seixas Gláucia H. F. , Severo-Neto Francisco , Sigrist Maria R. , Silva Aguinaldo , Silva Carolina J. , Siqueira André L. , Soriano Balbina M. A. , Sousa Laercio M. , Souza Franco L. , Strussmann Christine , Sugai Larissa S. M. , Tocantins Nely , Urbanetz Catia , Valente-Neto Francisco , Viana Diego P. , Yanosky Alberto , Junk Wolfgang J. 
Published: September 2019

Building bridges between environmental and political agendas is essential nowadays in face of the increasing human pressure on natural environments, including wetlands. Wetlands provide critical ecosystem services for humanity and can generate a considerable direct or indirect income to the local communities. To meet many of the sustainable development goals, we need to move our trajectory from the current environmental destructive development to a wiser wetland use. The current article contain a proposed agenda for the Pantanal aiming the improvement of public policy for conservation in the Pantanal, one of the largest, most diverse, and continuous inland wetland in the world. We suggest and discuss a list of 11 essential interfaces between science, policy, and development in region linked to the proposed agenda. We believe that a functional science network can booster the collaborative capability to generate creative ideas and solutions to address the big challenges faced by the Pantanal wetland.