Jaguars & Wildlife of the Pantanal Trip 2

Join us in the Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland, spanning 75,000 square miles across South America. This vast landscape hosts one of the planet’s richest concentrations of wildlife—from hyacinth macaws and caimans to giant river otters—culminating in sightings of the elusive jaguar. Since 1998, WWF and its partners have worked to protect this vital ecosystem so both people and nature can thrive. In recent years, WWF has supported a transboundary conservation and sustainable‑development strategy with Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay to safeguard this globally important freshwater resource. Travel with WWF’s Ginette Hemley and local experts to explore key regions of the Pantanal and see firsthand how WWF collaborates with communities to protect wildlife, habitats, and livelihoods.​

Ginette Hemley, WWF Senior Vice President, Wildlife Conservation​

Ginette Hemley is a globally recognized leader in wildlife conservation with more than 40 years of experience driving solutions to protect the world's most iconic species and ecosystems. As senior vice president for wildlife conservation at WWF-US, she oversees WWF's efforts to secure the future for some of the world's most threatened wildlife and critical landscapes, including the Eastern Himalayas and Greater Mekong regions of Asia, Southern Africa, and the Great Plains of the United States.

Under Hemley's leadership, WWF is implementing high-impact strategies for nature and wildlife conservation that focus on community-led approaches, securing and connecting key habitats and conservation areas, wildlife and biodiversity monitoring, and reducing poaching and illegal wildlife trade. Central to her work is cultivating broad partnerships to mobilize public, political, and financial support for long-term conservation.

An authority on endangered species and conservation policy, Hemley is a champion of forging strong, cross-sector collaborations that build momentum for conservation at every level. By mobilizing public will, influencing policy, and unlocking resources needed to sustain nature for generations to come, she has developed and delivered successful global recovery strategies for threatened wildlife.