River damming has brought great benefits to flood mitigation, energy and food production,
and will continue to play a significant role in global energy supply, particularly in Asia, Africa …

To understand how Neotropical freshwater fishes (NFF) benefit society, we conducted a
broad literature survey to (i) map and list the ecosystem services (ES) generated by these …

The year 2021 offers a critical opportunity for concerted action to influence the future of
freshwater biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being. The United Nations …

Abstract The Amazon River basin harbors some of the world's largest wetland complexes,
which are of major importance for biodiversity, the water cycle and climate, and human …

Abstract The Amazon Basin features a vast network of healthy, free‐flowing rivers, which
provides habitat for the most biodiverse freshwater fauna of any basin globally. However …

Abstract Neotropical Ichthyology promotes the Special Issue (SI)“Human impacts and the
loss of Neotropical freshwater fish diversity” with the purpose of publishing relevant scientific …

Inventorying biodiversity is fundamental to overcoming knowledge shortfalls in species
discovery and description (Linnean shortfall), their distributions (Wallacean shortfall) and …

Finding pathways to more sustainable agriculture and resource use remains the most
pressing challenge for Amazonian countries. Characterizing recent changes in the structure …

Migratory species are the most important commercial fishes in the Amazon. They are also
now the most threatened directly by some combination of overfishing, floodplain …

Climate change is now recognized as a reality and along with human pressures such as
river fragmentation by dams, amplifies the threats to freshwater ecosystems and their …