A thread on the Emergency Recovery Plan for #freshwater #biodiversity, just published by @BioScienceAIBS
6 actions to Bend the Curve on freshwater biodiversity loss
#1 Implement environmental flows, such as below Three Gorges Dam on Yangtze River
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6 actions to Bend the Curve on freshwater biodiversity loss
#1 Implement environmental flows, such as below Three Gorges Dam on Yangtze River
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#2 To bend the curve on freshwater biodiversity, improve water quality.
The Cuyahoga River (below in @CVNPNPS) once was biologically dead from pollution. Actions-local to federal-tackled pollution & bent the curve for Cuyahoga; sections which lacked fish now have > 40 species.
The Cuyahoga River (below in @CVNPNPS) once was biologically dead from pollution. Actions-local to federal-tackled pollution & bent the curve for Cuyahoga; sections which lacked fish now have > 40 species.
#3 to bend the curve on freshwater biodiversity loss, protect and restore critical habitats.
Ramsar designation and other protected areas can safeguard habitats and species, such as this American crocodile in the Terraba-Sierpe National Wetlands in Costa Rica
Ramsar designation and other protected areas can safeguard habitats and species, such as this American crocodile in the Terraba-Sierpe National Wetlands in Costa Rica
#4 to bend the curve on freshwater biodiversity loss, sustainably manage exploitation of freshwater species, such as fish, along with other resources such as sand, gravel and other aggretates (that create fish habitat and deltas too!)
#5 to bend the curve on freshwater biodiversity loss, prevent and control invasions of non-native species.
Efforts to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes include an electric barrier near #Chicago (below, on shores of Lake Michigan)
Efforts to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes include an electric barrier near #Chicago (below, on shores of Lake Michigan)
#6 to bend the curve of freshwater biodiversity loss, safeguard & restore river connectivity.
On the Luangwa River, a free-flowing tributary of the Zambezi (Zambia), plans for a hydropower dam were canceled. Zambia will seek other options and the Luangwa remains free flowing.
On the Luangwa River, a free-flowing tributary of the Zambezi (Zambia), plans for a hydropower dam were canceled. Zambia will seek other options and the Luangwa remains free flowing.
