Swarts, Frederick

DR. FREDERICK A. SWARTS serves as Secretary-General of the World Conference on Preservation and Sustainable Development in the Pantanal (WCPSDP), an international project to elucidate more clearly the nature of the Pantanal, by identifying threats to this system, advancing initiatives towards its future, and fostering worldwide supporting mechanisms. Dr. Swarts is also Senior Research Scientist for Aquatic Ecology with the Waterland Research Institute; in this capacity he is responsible for the institute’s water resources projects in the Pantanal area of Brazil. Dr. Swarts has published widely in the fields of aquatic ecology, education, and environmental biology. He lives in Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania and Brazil.