The Alliance for Freshwater Life: A global call to unite efforts for freshwater biodiversity science and conservation

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems - Tập 28 Số 4 - Trang 1015-1022 - 2018
William Darwall1, Vanessa Bremerich2, Aaike De Wever3, Anthony I. Dell4,5, Jörg Freyhof2, Mark O. Gessner6,7,2, Hans‐Peter Grossart6,8,2, Ian Harrison9, Kenneth Irvine10,11, Sonja C. Jähnig2, Jonathan M. Jeschke6,12,2, Jessica J. Lee2, Lü Cai13, Aleksandra M. Lewandowska14, Michael T. Monaghan15,2, Jens C. Nejstgaard6,2, Harmony Patricio16, Astrid Schmidt‐Kloiber17, Simon N. Stuart18, Michele Thieme19, Klement Tockner20,6,12,2, Eren Turak21,22, Olaf L. F. Weyl23
1Global Species Programme, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), UK
2Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, Germany
3Operational Directorate Natural Environment, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
4Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
5National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC), Alton, IL, USA
6Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), Berlin, Germany
7Department of Ecology, Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin), Berlin, Germany
8Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
9Moore Center for Science, Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, USA
10Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
11Water Science and Engineering, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands
12Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
13School of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, China
14Tvärminne Zoological Station, University of Helsinki, Finland
15Berlin Center for Genomics in Biodiversity Research, Berlin, Germany
16Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
17Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, BOKU–University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna Austria
18Synchronicity Earth, London, UK
19Freshwater Programme, World Wildlife Fund-US, Washington, DC, USA
20Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Vienna, Austria
21Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia
22NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, Sydney, NSW, Australia
23South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, South Africa

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Abstract

Global pressures on freshwater ecosystems are high and rising. Viewed primarily as a resource for humans, current practices of water use have led to catastrophic declines in freshwater species and the degradation of freshwater ecosystems, including their genetic and functional diversity. Approximately three‐quarters of the world's inland wetlands have been lost, one‐third of the 28 000 freshwater species assessed for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List are threatened with extinction, and freshwater vertebrate populations are undergoing declines that are more rapid than those of terrestrial and marine species. This global loss continues unchecked, despite the importance of freshwater ecosystems as a source of clean water, food, livelihoods, recreation, and inspiration.

The causes of these declines include hydrological alterations, habitat degradation and loss, overexploitation, invasive species, pollution, and the multiple impacts of climate change. Although there are policy initiatives that aim to protect freshwater life, these are rarely implemented with sufficient conviction and enforcement. Policies that focus on the development and management of fresh waters as a resource for people almost universally neglect the biodiversity that they contain.

Here we introduce the Alliance for Freshwater Life, a global initiative, uniting specialists in research, data synthesis, conservation, education and outreach, and policymaking. This expert network aims to provide the critical mass required for the effective representation of freshwater biodiversity at policy meetings, to develop solutions balancing the needs of development and conservation, and to better convey the important role freshwater ecosystems play in human well‐being. Through this united effort we hope to reverse this tide of loss and decline in freshwater biodiversity. We introduce several short‐ and medium‐term actions as examples for making positive change, and invite individuals, organizations, authorities, and governments to join the Alliance for Freshwater Life.

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Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Tập 28 Số 4

1015-1022

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