2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
5/22/2019 | 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | THE ALLIANCE FOR FRESHWATER LIFE: INTRODUCING THE INITIATIVE AND IDEAS FOR FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL SCALES | 150 G
THE ALLIANCE FOR FRESHWATER LIFE: INTRODUCING THE INITIATIVE AND IDEAS FOR FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL SCALES
Global pressures on freshwater ecosystems are high and rising. Viewed primarily as a resource for humans, current land use and water management practice have led to catastrophic declines in freshwater species and the degradation of freshwater ecosystems, including their genetic and functional diversity. An improved understanding of all facets of freshwater biodiversity is required to inform better decision making and for establishing the socio-economic context for sustainable water management. Here we introduce the Alliance for Freshwater Life (AFL), an emerging global initiative that seeks to unite specialists in research, data synthesis, conservation, education and outreach, and policymaking. The AFL aims to provide a common platform and the critical mass required for the effective representation of freshwater biodiversity at policy meetings, to develop solutions balancing the needs of development and conservation, and to better convey the important role freshwater ecosystems play in human well-being. We introduce examples of ongoing and future research aimed at developing tools and frameworks for better management, closing knowledge gaps about the distribution and status of freshwater biodiversity, and identifying the necessary data and knowledge needed to balance human needs with sustaining freshwater biodiversity.
- Conservation
- Education
- Management
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Sonja C. Jähnig
(), Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, sonja.jaehnig@igb-berlin.de;
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William Darwall
(), IUCN Global Species Programme; Freshwater Biodiversity Unit, William.DARWALL@iucn.org;
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Ian Harrison
(), Conservation International, iharrison@conservation.org;
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Michael T. Monaghan
(), Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, monaghan@igb-berlin.de;
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