Sólo el 3% del agua del planeta es agua dulce. Aproximadamente dos tercios de la misma se encuentra congelada en glaciares y casquetes polares, y llevamos mucho tiempo sobreutilizando este valioso recurso.
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Cooperating across borders for Water-Energy-Food Security
16.10.2018Climate change, population growth and other social and economic pressures, exacerbate demands on vital resources, such as water, energy and food. This impacts our ecosystems, often negatively, lowering their ability to provide us with their services and...
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Photo: ©IUCN/Peter Howard
World must act now to strengthen protection of most important wetlands
28.09.2018An open letter from International Organization Partners of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: In July this year the United Nations reported that the world is off-track to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) – ensuring the availability and...
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Rio Doce Panel report outlines critical gaps and measures for region’s long-term restoration
24.09.2018Belo Horizonte, Brazil (IUCN) – Following one of Brazil’s worst environmental disasters, the IUCN-led independent Rio Doce Panel released its first report, outlining critical gaps and measures that need to be addressed for the long-term restoration of the...
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Freshwater biodiversity in the Lake Victoria Basin
Sayer, C., Máiz-Tomé, L., Darwall, W.R.T.
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The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands hotspot
Máiz-Tomé, L., Sayer, C., Darwall, W.R.T.
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Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas in the north-western Mediterranean sub-region
Máiz-Tomé, L., Darwall, W.R.T., Numa, C., Barrios, V., Smith, K. G.
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Business for sustainable landscapes : an action agenda for sustainable development
Borges, Maria Ana, Bos, Gerard, Brasser, Andre, Gross, Lee, Scherr, Sara J., Shames, Seth
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Water management and stewardship
Dalton, James, Newborne, Peter
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