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UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at @LancasterUni, member of @RAS_network. Freshwater ecologist looking at human impacts to Amazonian biodiversity. Mother of two.
Oct 1, 2020 4 tweets 5 min read
Great news for #conservation: protection of freshwater #biodiversity can be increased by up to 600% through integrated freshwater-terrestrial planning. Our new @RAS_network study in @ScienceMagazine: science.sciencemag.org/content/370/65… 1/4

📷@maricruppe We found that conservation planning solely focused on terrestrial #species is likely to protect just ~20% of freshwater biodiversity in the Brazilian #Amazon. 2/4

science.sciencemag.org/content/370/65…

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