Research overview: jaguar coexistence and tourism in the Brazilian Pantanal

This overview examines coexistence dynamics in the Pantanal, where high jaguar densities, extensive cattle ranching, and a booming jaguar-tourism industry intersect. It synthesises research on depredation patterns in flooded grasslands, the economic case that jaguar tourism along rivers now rivals or exceeds losses from depredation, and how tourism revenue can shift rancher attitudes toward tolerance. The literature also covers husbandry interventions, ranch-based conservation, and the tension between tourism benefits accruing to some operators while losses fall on others. The survey treats the Pantanal as a leading example of how non-consumptive economic value of a predator can underpin coexistence in a productive ranching landscape.