Only 3% of the earth’s water is freshwater; about two-thirds of it is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps and we have long over-stretched this precious resource.
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Mexican freshwater biodiversity in decline as more than a third of fish species threatened with extinction – IUCN report
15.05.2020San José, Costa Rica, 15.05.2020 (IUCN) - Thirty-nine percent of Mexico’s freshwater fishes are threatened with extinction, including many endemic species that are economically, culturally and ecologically important, a new joint study led by the International...
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Inland fish and fisheries integral to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
04.05.2020Exploring the relationship between well-managed inland fisheries and global sustainability, a paper published today in Nature Sustainability concludes that inland fisheries can contribute substantially to increased food security, poverty alleviation,...
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Blog 'Water, Health and Ecosystems: inextricably linked for a sustainable future'
16.04.2020Billions of people around the world still live in conditions that deprive them of safe drinking water and adequate sanitation facilities. The absence of both translates into the prevalence of disease. In addition, one in four...
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Conservation priorities for freshwater biodiversity in the Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa catchment
Sayer, C., Palmer-Newton, A.F., Darwall, W.R.T.
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Landscapes, at your service
Beatty, Craig, Raes, Leander, Vogl, Adrian L., Hawthorne, Peter L., Moraes, Miguel, Saborio, Javier L., Meza Prado, Kelly
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Freshwater biodiversity in the Lake Victoria Basin
Sayer, C., Máiz-Tomé, L., Darwall, W.R.T.
