Protected areas and freshwater biodiversity

Further, a standard approach for measuring progress toward the global Convention for Biological Diversity's Aichi target for 17% of inland waters protected by ...

Protected areas and freshwater biodiversity: a novel systematic ...

This impasse has led to questions about the effectiveness of protected areas for freshwater species conservation and ecosystem restoration (e.g. ...

Conservation of aquatic resources through the use of freshwater ...

For example, a freshwater species that is not a fish that would benefit from freshwater protected areas is the giant freshwater lobster,. Astacopsis gouldi of ...

The untapped potential of conservation journals to promote ... - bioRxiv

Research and conservation actions to safeguard freshwater biodiversity are likely inadequate as a consequence of low popularity among the ...

Theory and practice to conserve freshwater biodiversity in the ...

Four main areas of emphasis include: conservation approaches; advances in model and tool development; enhancing water planning; and management and protection of ...

Spatial priorities for freshwater biodiversity conservation in light of ...

Freshwater ecosystems host disproportionately high numbers of species relative to their sur- face area yet are poorly protected globally. We ...

Problems with current protected areas | WWF - Panda.org

For example, less than 4% of the ocean is protected. Freshwater habitats are also poorly represented. Lack of connectivity between protected areas. Some species ...

Freshwater wetland systems within protected areas

Protected areas offer freshwater wetlands one of the best conservation measures, as the human pressures on the systems are limited by ...

Freshwater protected areas in Australia - Western Australian Museum

Inland aquatic, freshwater, protected areas, biodiversity, reserves, biodiversity conservation, ... biological diversity of inland water ecosystems. United.

Protected Areas and Endemic Freshwater Fishes of the Cape Fold ...

Based on available distribution data and using the methodology that considers both species presence and protected area effectiveness, there is ...

4.065 Freshwater biodiversity conservation, protected areas, and ...

4.065 Freshwater biodiversity conservation, protected areas, and management of transboundary waters. UNDERSCORING that the decline in freshwater ...

Effectiveness of protected areas for the conservation of water quality ...

The results suggest that, although the protected areas do not have the conservation of freshwater biodiversity as their priority, its effective ...

The effectiveness of protected areas in the Paraná-Paraguay basin ...

We calculated species richness, functional richness, and phylogenetic diversity, overlapping the combination of these facets with the PAs. The results indicate ...

Effective conservation of freshwater biodiversity in protected areas

Although numerous factors may contribute to lack of effectiveness of protected areas for freshwater biodiversity, there has been no systematic ...

Conserve freshwater or land biodiversity? Why not both, new study ...

Conservation areas are often determined based on the needs and distributions of terrestrial species, under the assumption that preserving an ...

Freshwater Species Plummet 85%: What are Our Options for ...

Rivers also flow across political and geographical borders, meaning conservation efforts in one region can be quickly undone by harmful ...

Why are there no true freshwater protected areas in Australia?

Freshwater ecosystems such as rivers, lakes and wetlands are precious. They contain several-times more vertebrate species per unit area than ...

Protected areas are not effective for the conservation of freshwater ...

A study carried out on bats in the Cerrado showed that species with restricted distributions tend not to be covered by conservation units. This ...

Principal threats to the conservation of freshwater habitats in the ...

At a global scale, freshwater is relatively insignificant in terms of area (< 1% global surface), but such habitats support a disproportionate ...

Freshwater Biodiversity: Conservation and Management - MDPI

What is more, the rate of biodiversity loss in freshwater is twice the rate in terrestrial and marine ecosystems. The Anthropocene has brought multiple new and ...