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Today, besides reminding that you have time until 1st May to submit your abstract, we introduce you here the new FBFW topic:

FRESHWATERS & SOCIETY

FRESHWATERS & SOCIETY is a new topic in this FBFW edition, which aims to include studies focused on freshwaters coming from social sciences, from interdisciplinary research and from freshwater management. In this session, we accept studies on a variety of topics such as...

- Ecosystem services
- Nature-based solutions
- Artificial freshwater ecosystems
- Water governance and management
- Water Framework Directive and other laws
- Environmental conflicts
- Social perception and environmental education

Societies are part of the biosphere, nourish from and have an impact on it.

See the conceptual framework of Falkenmark (2003) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1693285/pdf/14728797.pdf">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic...

Any study that somehow relates freshwater ecosystem and societies is very welcome!

Here below we introduce you to three different topics related to FRESHWATERS & SOCIETY https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Down pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Down pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index">

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES are those benefits that our societies receive from nature. Freshwater ecosystems provide valuable goods such as drinking water and fish, regulate local, regional and global climate and biogeochemical cycles, and provide space for recreation or inspiration.

The socio-economic valuation of freshwater ecosystems (through either monetary or non-monetary methods) are necessary to assess their importance for the human wellbeing. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚿" title="Shower" aria-label="Emoji: Shower">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏞️" title="National park" aria-label="Emoji: National park">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧑‍🌾" title="Farmer" aria-label="Emoji: Farmer">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧜" title="Merperson" aria-label="Emoji: Merperson">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐸" title="Frog face" aria-label="Emoji: Frog face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌱" title="Seedling" aria-label="Emoji: Seedling">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚣‍♀️" title="Woman rowing boat" aria-label="Emoji: Woman rowing boat">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏊" title="Person swimming" aria-label="Emoji: Person swimming">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💚" title="Green heart" aria-label="Emoji: Green heart">

See Russi et al. (2013) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257652583_The_Economics_of_Ecosystems_and_Biodiversity_for_Water_and_Wetlands">https://www.researchgate.net/publicati...

Some freshwater ecosystems are artificially designed by humans to replicate some functions and services provided by the natural ones. Constructed wetlands, for instance, are ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEMS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructed_wetland">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cons...

Irrigation ponds whose design is adapted to amphibians and reptiles, ancient canals with their own riparian vegetation, and garden ponds are ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEMS too.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Garden_pond_1.jpg">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File...

Finally, we want to show you some research projects that include CITIZEN SCIENCE, which uses part of the citizenship for the performance of research studies.

Citizens can participate in the data gathering and/or validation process, and even in the research design of the study.

RiuNet ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.ub.riunet&hl=ca)">https://play.google.com/store/app... is an app developped in @LifeTRivers to involve people to characterize temporary rivers.

In @AMBERtools, multiple people is tracking and mapping barriers in rivers to learn about their impacts. See here the Barrier Atlas ( https://portal.amber.international"> https://portal.amber.international ) and download here the barrier tracker app ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.natural_apptitude.amber)">https://play.google.com/store/app...

Multiple projects in Spain bring children to rivers in order to monitor their quality. Ibaialde ( https://www.euskadi.eus/ibaialde/web01-a2inghez/es/)">https://www.euskadi.eus/ibaialde/... and Proyecto Ríos ( http://www.associaciohabitats.cat/es/proyecto-rios/)">https://www.associaciohabitats.cat/es/proyec... are some examples.

And many research articles appear in Google Scholar with the topics CITIZEN SCIENCE + FRESHWATER
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=ca&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=%22citizen+science%22+%22freshwater%22&btnG=">https://scholar.google.com/scholar...

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