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A list of the world’s 100 most threatened species was released during the final day of the IUCN congress forum. Of these, 29 were freshwater species. Biodiversity contributes directly to local...
View ArticleAmphibians at Jeju: the Amphibian Survival Alliance’s take on the IUCN congress
Amphibians are facing the one of the fastest rates of extinction of any animal group. But how much attention did they receive at the IUCN Congress last month? The Director of the Amphibian Survival...
View ArticleThe Future of Amphibian Conservation: an interview with the Amphibian...
This week Jaime Garcia Moreno, the Executive Director of the Amphibian Survival Alliance (ASA), took the time to speak with the Biofresh blog about the plight of amphibians and the work that the ASA...
View ArticleWorld’s largest salmon face extinction
A new report reveals that all 5 species of the world’s largest salmon group, the taimen, are threatened with extinction due to over-fishing and habitat loss. Sakhalin taimen. This particular species of...
View Article‘Spineless’: the plight of freshwater invertebrates a serious cause for concern
One-fifth of invertebrates around the world are threatened with extinction. Of these, freshwater invertebrate species face the highest risk of extinction. A report into the status of the world’s...
View ArticleFreshwater biodiversity in Indo-Burma under threat
A study has shown that in the Indo-Burma region – an area with one of the highest diversity of life on the planet – freshwater species are at risk from a number of threats. Fisherman on Inle Lake,...
View ArticleFreshwater species given protection at international summit
It’s good news for some of the world’s most endangered freshwater species. Nearly 50 freshwater species – from threatened freshwater turtles and tortoises to the rare freshwater sawfish – were given...
View ArticleThought-to-be-extinct frog found to be ‘living fossil’
This week the remarkable story of a one of the rarest frog in the world got even more incredible. Thought to be extinct, but rediscovered two years ago, the hula painted frog has now been declared a...
View ArticleDead Shrimp Blues: The Imperilled Status of Freshwater Shrimps
Euryrhynchus amazoniensis, a widespread Amazonian species (Image: W Klotz) Guest post by Kevin Smith of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. “I woke up this mornin’ and all my shrimps...
View ArticleFreshwater species populations fall by 81% between 1970 and 2012
Freshwater biodiversity is decreasing across the world. Image: Mike Goehler | Flickr Creative Commons Freshwater species populations dropped by 81% globally between 1970 and 2012, according to a new...
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