Baku, September 30, AZERTAC The Pantanal Conservation Area comprises a cluster of four contiguous protected areas: the Pantanal Matogrossense National Park and the Special Reserves of Acurizal, Penha and Doroche, covering a total area of 187,818 hectares.This protected area complex is located in western central Brazil, in the extreme south-west of the Mato Grosso e Mato Grosso do Sul State and the international border with Bolivia and Paraguay.The headwaters of the region's two major river systems, the Cuiabá and the Paraguay rivers, are located here, and the abundance and diversity of its vegetation and animal life are spectacular.The area is also a home to numerous threatened species, including the giant armadillo, giant anteater, giant otter, marsh deer and the hyacinth macaw, the largest species of parrots. Moreover, the jaguar population in the property is probably the biggest in the entire Pantanal region. The number of aquatic plant species found there is also remarkable.Inscribed in UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000, the Pantanal Conservation Area is extremely important for the conservation of biological diversity, with the property containing representative habitats comprising around 80 species of mammals, 650 species of birds, 50 of reptiles and 300 of fish.