Thread by @cg_leal, Great news for #conservation: protection of freshwater #biodiversity can be increased by [...]

Cecilia Gontijo Leal

cg_leal

Great news for #conservation: protection of freshwater #biodiversity can be increased by up to 600% through integrated freshwater-terrestrial planning. Our new @RAS_network study in @ScienceMagazine: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/370/6512/117 1/4

@maricruppe

We found that conservation planning solely focused on terrestrial #species is likely to protect just ~20% of freshwater biodiversity in the Brazilian #Amazon. 2/4

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/370/6512/117

@RAS_network

Even where freshwater species data is missing, we can still increase freshwater conservation. By using only terrestrial species + accounting for #river connectivity, #freshwater protection result in conservation gains as high as 200%. 3/4

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/370/6512/117

@maricruppe

Even where freshwater species data is missing, we can still increase freshwater conservation. By using only terrestrial species + accounting for #river connectivity, #freshwater protection result in conservation gains as high as 200%. 3/4 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/370/6512/117 @maricruppe

The protection of freshwater biodiversity should not be taken for granted, freshwater ecosystems need to be explicitly incorporated into systematic conservation planning. 4/4

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/370/6512/117

@maricruppe / @RAS_network

The protection of freshwater biodiversity should not be taken for granted, freshwater ecosystems need to be explicitly incorporated into systematic conservation planning. 4/4 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/370/6512/117 @maricruppe / @RAS_network

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