Hello All, after 20 years with IUCN leading our FW species work I am now moving on to manage a new project closer to home in Cornwall: WWW.tamaralandscapepartnersh…
Keep flying the FW flag - it's been 20 great years working with you all! Come a visit me in Cornwall - great surf!
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"Environmental group WWF Japan believes the true scale of the problem is even larger, estimating between 40 to 60 percent of eels raised in Japan come from illegal sources.""
japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/1…
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At least they had an asteroid, what’s our excuse? 🦖💥 #TheTimeIsNow #ClimateAction
➡️ ow.ly/Lf5850GGPg0
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Environmental campaigners taking direct action are dismissed as mad and bad by people who have not seen what they have seen: the gathering collapse of our life support systems.
Once you understand the enormity of what we face, you'll see them as the heroes they are.
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Urgent: Up to a million species are facing extinction -- but governments are voting on a bold new plan to save nature this week! Let's make sure it passes, join the urgent call now! fb.avaaz.org/campaign/en/pro…
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Water crowfoot is like the mangroves fringing tropical seas: it's the crucial habitat in which fish and other creatures shelter and breed. Lose the crowfoot, and you lose much of the ecosystem.
The rate of loss is breathtaking, terrifying, heartbreaking.
Water crowfoot on the Wye near Foy in 2019 (left) and at the same spot in 2020 (right).
Also called ranunculus, crowfoot is a crucial part of the river's ecology, providing food and shelter for countless species.
And we just wiped it out.
Photos: @angling_dreams
Scientists turn to eDNA to curtail the freshwater extinction crisis news.mongabay.com/2021/07/sc… via @Mongabay
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Just a little reminder that hydropower is not a green energy alternative to fossil fuels @arochaint @ARochaUK @SynchEarth @intlrivers @IUCN_Water @IUCN @IUCNRedList @IUCNssc @Shoal_Org news.mongabay.com/2021/07/ou…
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@NatureMetrics and @IUCN raising funds to map the world’s freshwater biodiversity using #eDNA - we need data to:
🐟 set global goals for nature
🐞stimulate investment
🦋 manage business risks and impacts
Introducing eBioAtlas, our global eDNA programme in partnership with @IUCN ambitiously surveying the world's freshwater biodiversity using eDNA.
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With Rivers and FW biodiversity so overlooked by global pledges, campaigns and messaging - so great to see this ‘Gamechanging’ £10m environmental DNA project to map life in world’s rivers theguardian.com/environment/… @WWFLeadWater @kathyahughes @Shoal_Org @AFL_org @IUCN_Water @IPBES
This could be a gamechanger: finally a way to rapidly get information on where FW species occur across the globe using eDNA which works amazingly well for FW fish in particular theguardian.com/environment/…
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What have the Duckbilled buntingi, Syr Darya shovelnose sturgeon & Spinach pipefish in common?
They're all #LostFishes & among the Top10 most wanted fishes in @Shoal_Org's Search for the Lost Fishes. Find out how you can help to find them:
shoalconservation.org/search…
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Diverse, freshwater fish are critical for societies, economies and ecosystems - but they are undervalued and under threat. This report from organizations including @WWF and @Global_Wildlife explains why we must act now to save them:
wwf.panda.org/discover/our_f…
See this report out today highlighting the terrible state of the worlds 18,000+ freshwater fish, one third of which are now threatened with many more in decline. Let's use this to generate some action now - before it's too late. We know what to do...but need support to do it.
They're the world's #ForgottenFishes - we need to remember how important they are to people & nature before it's too late.
New report out now from 16 global conservation groups
wwf.panda.org/discover/our_f…
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Shouldn’t this read “Endangered Pearl Mussel at risk from development along the River Blackwater” ?irishexaminer.com/news/munst…
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"The world’s state-owned fossil fuel companies are poised to invest about $1.9tn in the next decade in projects that would destroy any prospect of meeting the Paris agreement climate goals."
So much for "net zero" and a so-called "green recovery"...
theguardian.com/environment/…
See this important paper showing how Protected Areas can work for freshwater ecosystems. Very encouraging findings!
Our paper showing the success of a network of community-based reserves for protecting freshwater fish diversity is out today. Huge thanks to all involved and especially the communities along the Ngao River, Thailand. nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Petition here asking for imidacloprid and fipronil to be banned from use as flea treatments on pets. These are the potent neurotoxins we recently found to be contaminating rivers.
petition.parliament.uk/petit…
