Protected areas are a global cornerstone of biodiversity conservation and restoration. Yet
freshwater biodiversity is continuing to decline rapidly. To date there has been no formal …

Wetlands have been extensively modified by human activities worldwide. We provide a
global-scale portrait of the threats and protection status of the world's inland wetlands by …

The economic development-environmental protection dichotomy is an out-dated construct. A
21st century approach to the world's water problems is progressively being developed by …

Populations of fishes provide valuable services for billions of people, but face diverse and
interacting threats that jeopardize their sustainability. Human population growth and …

Freshwater biodiversity is highly threatened and is decreasing more rapidly than its
terrestrial or marine counterparts; however, freshwaters receive less attention and …

Protected areas, although often terrestrially focused and less frequently designed to protect
freshwater resources, can be extremely important for conserving freshwater biodiversity and …

Strategic water source areas are those areas that have a relatively high natural runoff in the
region of interest, which is made accessible for supporting the region's population or …

The global scale and rapidity of environmental change is challenging ecologists to
reimagine their theoretical principles and management practices. Increasingly, historical …

Abstract The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity (2011–2020), adopted at the 10th meeting of the
Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, sets 20 Aichi …

Freshwater ecosystems are poorly represented in global networks of protected areas. This
situation underscores an urgent need for the creation, application, and expansion of durable …