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Cooke SJ, Lynch AJ, Tickner D, Abell R, Dalu T, Fiorella KJ, Raghavan R, Harrison IJ, Jähnig SC, Vollmer D, Carpenter S. Can the planetary health concept save freshwater biodiversity and ecosystems? Lancet Planet Health 2024; 8:e2-e3. [PMID: 38199718 DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(23)00275-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Steven J Cooke
- Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada.
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- United States Geological Survey, National Climate Adaptation Science Center, Reston, VA, USA
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- World Wide Fund-UK, Living Planet Centre, Woking, UK
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- Aquatic Systems Research Group, School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Mpumalanga, Nelspruit, South Africa
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- Department of Public and Ecosystem Health, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Fisheries Resource Management, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, India
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- Moore Center for Science, Conservation International, Arlington, VA, USA
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- Department Community and Ecosystem Ecology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany; Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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Birnie‐Gauvin K, Lynch AJ, Franklin PA, Reid AJ, Landsman SJ, Tickner D, Dalton J, Aarestrup K, Cooke SJ. The
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for freshwater biodiversity: Essential actions to create the social context for meaningful conservation. Conservat Sci and Prac 2023. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.12911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
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- Kim Birnie‐Gauvin
- Section for Freshwater Fisheries and Ecology, National Institute for Aquatic Resources Technical University of Denmark Denmark
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- U.S. Geological Survey National Climate Adaptation Science Center Maryland USA
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research New Zealand
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- Centre for Indigenous Fisheries, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries University of British Columbia Canada
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- Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Sciences and Department of Biology Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada
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- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Switzerland
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- Section for Freshwater Fisheries and Ecology, National Institute for Aquatic Resources Technical University of Denmark Denmark
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- Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Sciences and Department of Biology Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada
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Whelan MJ, Linstead C, Worrall F, Ormerod SJ, Durance I, Johnson AC, Johnson D, Owen M, Wiik E, Howden NJK, Burt TP, Boxall A, Brown CD, Oliver DM, Tickner D. Is water quality in British rivers "better than at any time since the end of the Industrial Revolution"? Sci Total Environ 2022; 843:157014. [PMID: 35772542 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2022] [Revised: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
We explore the oft-repeated claim that river water quality in Great Britain is "better now than at any time since the Industrial Revolution". We review available data and ancillary evidence for seven different categories of water pollutants: (i) biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and ammonia; (ii) heavy metals; (iii) sewage-associated organic pollutants (including hormone-like substances, personal care product and pharmaceutical compounds); (iv) macronutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus); (v) pesticides; (vi) acid deposition and (vii) other variables, including natural organic matter and pathogenic micro-organisms. With a few exceptions, observed data are scarce before 1970. However, we can speculate about some of the major water quality pressures which have existed before that. Point-source pollutants are likely to have increased with population growth, increased connection rates to sewerage and industrialisation, although the increased provision of wastewater treatment during the 20th century will have mitigated this to some extent. From 1940 to the 1990s, pressures from nutrients and pesticides associated with agricultural intensification have increased in many areas. In parallel, there was an increase in synthetic organic compounds with a "down-the-drain" disposal pathway. The 1990s saw general reductions in mean concentrations of metals, BOD and ammonia (driven by the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive), a levelling out of nitrate concentrations (driven by the EU Nitrate Directive), a decrease in phosphate loads from both point-and diffuse-sources and some recovery from catchment acidification. The current picture is mixed: water quality in many rivers downstream of urban centres has improved in sanitary terms but not with respect to emerging contaminants, while river quality in catchments with intensive agriculture is likely to remain worse now than before the 1960s. Water quality is still unacceptably poor in some water bodies. This is often a consequence of multiple stressors which need to be better-identified and prioritised to enable continued recovery.
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- M J Whelan
- University of Leicester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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- WWF-UK, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- University of Durham, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- Cardiff University, Water Research Institute, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- Cardiff University, Water Research Institute, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- UKCEH, Wallingford, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- The Rivers Trust, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- Angling Trust, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- Ronin Institute, United States of America
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- University of Bristol, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- University of Durham, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- University of York, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- University of York, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- University of Stirling, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- WWF-UK, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Maasri A, Jähnig SC, Adamescu MC, Adrian R, Baigun C, Baird DJ, Batista‐Morales A, Bonada N, Brown LE, Cai Q, Campos‐Silva JV, Clausnitzer V, Contreras‐MacBeath T, Cooke SJ, Datry T, Delacámara G, De Meester L, Dijkstra KB, Do VT, Domisch S, Dudgeon D, Erös T, Freitag H, Freyhof J, Friedrich J, Friedrichs‐Manthey M, Geist J, Gessner MO, Goethals P, Gollock M, Gordon C, Grossart H, Gulemvuga G, Gutiérrez‐Fonseca PE, Haase P, Hering D, Hahn HJ, Hawkins CP, He F, Heino J, Hermoso V, Hogan Z, Hölker F, Jeschke JM, Jiang M, Johnson RK, Kalinkat G, Karimov BK, Kasangaki A, Kimirei IA, Kohlmann B, Kuemmerlen M, Kuiper JJ, Kupilas B, Langhans SD, Lansdown R, Leese F, Magbanua FS, Matsuzaki SS, Monaghan MT, Mumladze L, Muzon J, Mvogo Ndongo PA, Nejstgaard JC, Nikitina O, Ochs C, Odume O, Opperman JJ, Patricio H, Pauls S, Raghavan R, Ramírez A, Rashni B, Ross‐Gillespie V, Samways MJ, Schäfer RB, Schmidt‐Kloiber A, Seehausen O, Shah DN, Sharma S, Soininen J, Sommerwerk N, Stockwell JD, Suhling F, Tachamo Shah RD, Tharme RE, Thorp JH, Tickner D, Tockner K, Tonkin JD, Valle M, Vitule J, Volk M, Wang D, Wolter C, Worischka S. Cover Image. Ecol Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/ele.13793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Maasri A, Jähnig SC, Adamescu MC, Adrian R, Baigun C, Baird DJ, Batista-Morales A, Bonada N, Brown LE, Cai Q, Campos-Silva JV, Clausnitzer V, Contreras-MacBeath T, Cooke SJ, Datry T, Delacámara G, De Meester L, Dijkstra KDB, Do VT, Domisch S, Dudgeon D, Erös T, Freitag H, Freyhof J, Friedrich J, Friedrichs-Manthey M, Geist J, Gessner MO, Goethals P, Gollock M, Gordon C, Grossart HP, Gulemvuga G, Gutiérrez-Fonseca PE, Haase P, Hering D, Hahn HJ, Hawkins CP, He F, Heino J, Hermoso V, Hogan Z, Hölker F, Jeschke JM, Jiang M, Johnson RK, Kalinkat G, Karimov BK, Kasangaki A, Kimirei IA, Kohlmann B, Kuemmerlen M, Kuiper JJ, Kupilas B, Langhans SD, Lansdown R, Leese F, Magbanua FS, Matsuzaki SIS, Monaghan MT, Mumladze L, Muzon J, Mvogo Ndongo PA, Nejstgaard JC, Nikitina O, Ochs C, Odume ON, Opperman JJ, Patricio H, Pauls SU, Raghavan R, Ramírez A, Rashni B, Ross-Gillespie V, Samways MJ, Schäfer RB, Schmidt-Kloiber A, Seehausen O, Shah DN, Sharma S, Soininen J, Sommerwerk N, Stockwell JD, Suhling F, Tachamo Shah RD, Tharme RE, Thorp JH, Tickner D, Tockner K, Tonkin JD, Valle M, Vitule J, Volk M, Wang D, Wolter C, Worischka S. A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research. Ecol Lett 2021; 25:255-263. [PMID: 34854211 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Global freshwater biodiversity is declining dramatically, and meeting the challenges of this crisis requires bold goals and the mobilisation of substantial resources. While the reasons are varied, investments in both research and conservation of freshwater biodiversity lag far behind those in the terrestrial and marine realms. Inspired by a global consultation, we identify 15 pressing priority needs, grouped into five research areas, in an effort to support informed stewardship of freshwater biodiversity. The proposed agenda aims to advance freshwater biodiversity research globally as a critical step in improving coordinated actions towards its sustainable management and conservation.
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- Alain Maasri
- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany.,The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany.,Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Research Center in Systems Ecology and Sustainability, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany.,Institut für Biologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Universidad Nacional de San Martin, San Martin, Argentina
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- Environment & Climate Change Canada/University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- School of Geography & water@leeds, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany.,Institut für Biologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Ha Noi, Vietnam
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- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany
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- Balaton Limnological Research Institute, Tihany, Hungary
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- Museum für Naturkunde-Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany.,Institut für Biologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany.,Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany.,Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany.,Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), Berlin, Germany.,Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- International Commission for Congo-Ubangui-Sangha Basin, Kinshasa, D.R. Congo
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- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz and Landau, Germany.,Institute for Groundwater Ecology IGÖ GmbH, Landau, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany
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- Finnish Environment Institute, Oulu, Finland
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- Centre de Ciència i Tecnologia Forestal de Catalunya, Solsona, Spain
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- University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA
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- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany.,Institut für Biologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany.,Institut für Biologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), Berlin, Germany
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- Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China
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- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany
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- Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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- Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oslo, Norway.,University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), Leioa, Spain.,University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany.,Institut für Biologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Zoology, Ilia State University, Tiblis, Georgia
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- Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda, Avellaneda, Argentina
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- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany.,Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), Berlin, Germany
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- University of Mississippi, University Park, Mississippi, USA
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- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Justus-Liebig-University, Gießen, Germany
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- Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, India
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- North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Institute of Applied Science, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji
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- University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz and Landau, Germany
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- University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
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- Museum für Naturkunde-Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA.,AZTI, Marine Research, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Sukarrieta, Spain
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- Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany
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Twardek WM, Nyboer EA, Tickner D, O'Connor CM, Lapointe NWR, Taylor MK, Gregory‐Eaves I, Smol JP, Reid AJ, Creed IF, Nguyen VM, Winegardner AK, Bergman JN, Taylor JJ, Rytwinski T, Martel AL, Drake DAR, Robinson SA, Marty J, Bennett JR, Cooke SJ. Mobilizing practitioners to support the Emergency Recovery Plan for freshwater biodiversity. Conservat Sci and Prac 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- William M. Twardek
- Canadian Centre for Evidence‐Based Conservation, Department of Biology and Institute for Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada
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- Canadian Centre for Evidence‐Based Conservation, Department of Biology and Institute for Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada
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- Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab, Department of Biology Queen's University Kingston Ontario Canada
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- Indigenous Fisheries Research Unit, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries The University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- School of Environment and Sustainability University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada
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- Canadian Centre for Evidence‐Based Conservation, Department of Biology and Institute for Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada
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- Canadian Centre for Evidence‐Based Conservation, Department of Biology and Institute for Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada
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- Canadian Centre for Evidence‐Based Conservation, Department of Biology and Institute for Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada
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- Canadian Centre for Evidence‐Based Conservation, Department of Biology and Institute for Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada
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- Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Fisheries and Oceans Canada Burlington Ontario Canada
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- Ecotoxicology and Wildlife Health Division Wildlife and Landscape Science Directorate, Science and Technology Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada Ottawa Ontario Canada
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- Council of Canadian Academies Ottawa Ontario Canada
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- Canadian Centre for Evidence‐Based Conservation, Department of Biology and Institute for Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada
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- Canadian Centre for Evidence‐Based Conservation, Department of Biology and Institute for Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada
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Tickner D, Opperman JJ, Abell R, Acreman M, Arthington AH, Bunn SE, Cooke SJ, Dalton J, Darwall W, Edwards G, Harrison I, Hughes K, Jones T, Leclère D, Lynch AJ, Leonard P, McClain ME, Muruven D, Olden JD, Ormerod SJ, Robinson J, Tharme RE, Thieme M, Tockner K, Wright M, Young L. Bending the Curve of Global Freshwater Biodiversity Loss: An Emergency Recovery Plan. Bioscience 2020; 70:330-342. [PMID: 32284631 PMCID: PMC7138689 DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaa002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Despite their limited spatial extent, freshwater ecosystems host remarkable biodiversity, including one-third of all vertebrate species. This biodiversity is declining dramatically: Globally, wetlands are vanishing three times faster than forests, and freshwater vertebrate populations have fallen more than twice as steeply as terrestrial or marine populations. Threats to freshwater biodiversity are well documented but coordinated action to reverse the decline is lacking. We present an Emergency Recovery Plan to bend the curve of freshwater biodiversity loss. Priority actions include accelerating implementation of environmental flows; improving water quality; protecting and restoring critical habitats; managing the exploitation of freshwater ecosystem resources, especially species and riverine aggregates; preventing and controlling nonnative species invasions; and safeguarding and restoring river connectivity. We recommend adjustments to targets and indicators for the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Sustainable Development Goals and roles for national and international state and nonstate actors.
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- Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia
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- Director of Hydroecology Consulting, Wallingford, and a fellow of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia
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- Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia
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- Environmental science and biology for the Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Global Water Programme for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Gland, Switzerland
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- Head of the IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit, Global Species Programme, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Global coordinator of Nature 2020, WWF International in Woking, United Kingdom
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- IUCN-SSC Freshwater Conservation Committee and Conservation International, Arlington Virgnina
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- Freshwater specialist for WWF-UK in Woking, United Kingdom
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- DJEnvironmental, Harpers Mill, United Kingdom
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- International Institute for Applied System Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
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- National Climate Adaptation Science Center, US Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
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- Freshwater Practice, WWF International in Woking, United Kingdom
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- Ecohydrology, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education and with the Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Freshwater Practice of WWF International, Zeist, The Netherlands
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- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Ecology, Cardiff School of Biosciences and the Water Research Institute, University of Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Director of conservation, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, United Kingdom
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- Liebniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries and with the Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Director of science for WWF-UK, in Woking, United Kingdom
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- Science adviser for WWF-UK, in Woking, United Kingdom
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Acreman M, Hughes KA, Arthington AH, Tickner D, Dueñas M. Protected areas and freshwater biodiversity: a novel systematic review distils eight lessons for effective conservation. Conserv Lett 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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- Michael Acreman
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Wallingford UK
- Hydro‐ecology Consulting Ltd Wallingford UK
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Fisher B, Herrera D, Adams D, Fox HE, Gallagher L, Gerkey D, Gill D, Golden CD, Hole D, Johnson K, Mulligan M, Myers SS, Naidoo R, Pfaff A, Rasolofoson R, Selig ER, Tickner D, Treuer T, Ricketts T. Can nature deliver on the sustainable development goals? Lancet Planet Health 2019; 3:e112-e113. [PMID: 30904104 DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(18)30281-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2017] [Revised: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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- Brendan Fisher
- Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA; Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
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- Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
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- Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, USA
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- Institute for Sciences of the Environment, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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- School of Language, Culture and Society, Oregon State University, Corvalis, OR, USA
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- National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, Annapolis, MD, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard University Center for the Environment, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Environmental Defence Fund, Washington, DC, USA; Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science, Conservation International, Crystal City, VA, USA
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- United States Agency for International Development, Bureau for Food Security Washington, DC, USA; United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard University Center for the Environment, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA; World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC, USA
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- Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA; Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
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Affiliation(s)
- Ian Harrison
- IUCN, 1196 Gland, Switzerland. .,Conservation International, Arlington, VA 22202, USA
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- Conservation International, Arlington, VA 22202, USA
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- Alliance for Global Water Adaptation, Salt Lake City, UT 84105, USA
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