Freshwater conservation | Biodiversity science–policy | IUCN Red List
Berlin, Germany
Joined October 2010
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Many thanks to IUCN for this excellent video highlighting the European Red List of Freshwater Fishes.
Great to see the findings being shared more widely.
👉Download the full report here: tinyurl.com/443yr9t5
🚨 OUT NOW: European Red List of Freshwater Fishes (2026)
After 5+ years of work, I’m proud to share this major new report, which I had the honour of leading.
👉 Download: op.europa.eu/en/publication-…
#Biodiversity #Freshwater #Conservation #EU
Matt Ford retweeted
BREAKING: Freshwater species populations have crashed by 85% on average since 1970 - finds new @WWF & @ZSLconservation report!
We must scale up investment NOW in protecting and restoring our rivers, lakes and wetlands - for nature & people
livingplanet.panda.org
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The scientific report about the Neretva Science Week 2022 is out. More than 1,000 species discovered, incl. several new to science. journals.uni-lj.si/NaturaSlo…
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The National Red List for the Fishes of Uganda will be launched next week on 21st March.
Below are some of the threatened species in the list.
@GBIF
@JRSBiodiversity
@narouganda
@MAAIF_Uganda
Matt Ford retweeted
Finally the world's largest cave fish gets a name! Presenting Neolissochilus pnar #mahseer
Just out in Vertebrate Zoology @geobiodiversity
vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.…
@SJC_fishy @MahseerTrust @WWFLeadWater @FW_Conservation @kathyahughes @Shoal_Org @AFL_org @julielovesfish
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Extinction :( One of the world's largest freshwater fish the Chinese paddlefish has just been declared officially extinct - declined from abundance to #extinction over a few decades due #overfishing & #dams - read more about it here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chines… #fish #hydropower 🐟🐟
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Ever wondered how species are assessed and classified as Endangered or Critically Endangered for the @IUCNRedList?
Well, assessors such as @CatherineASayer go through a thorough process. We caught up with Catherine to learn more 👇👇
shoalconservation.org/assess… #EndangeredSpecies
Matt Ford retweeted
BREAKING: Today the Albanian government has taken a historic step - giving the Vjosa ‘National Park’ status. It will protect Europe’s last wild river. A truly amazing decision which will protect biodiversity and the environment for generations to come.
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Join me for a Youtube Live Q&A on Wildlife Photography all the questions you've ever wanted to know ask for this! What we earn, think about other wildlife togs, how it effects social lives etc
Ask on the the night or send in beforehand. 8th March 7pm
youtu.be/LU02wlbq-ts
See our new paper on the #freshwater #fish diversity of West Kabylia, Algeria, here: biodiversityjournal.com/pdf/…
Matt Ford retweeted
The Twitter-verse has spoken. And the winner is...
Don't want to spoil the surprise but #fish 🐠🐟🐡 lovers will be happy @DrKatfish @FishGuyKai @fishmigration @FishMigrationDr @WorldFishCenter @PREAUX_FISH @RArlinghausFish @SeriouslyFish @DrFishSG @AmFisheriesSoc @kassthefish
Freshwater Species of the Week Winner 2021! Thanks everyone for the support and for spreading the word on our amazing FW biodiversity! @WWFLeadWater @WWF_DG @MahseerTrust @SolomonRDavid @wwfRU @WWFCEE @WWF_DG @henkovink @minaguli @UNBiodiversity @IPBES @kathyahughes @IUCN_Water
Matt Ford retweeted
DYK Over 40% of global fish production depends on rivers? Including 20% of wild capture fisheries & 68% of all aquaculture fish.
Find out more in @WWF’s new Rivers of Food rivers-of-food.panda.org/#in… with @PictetGroup @WWFLeadWater
Matt Ford retweeted
Land protection ≠ Freshwater protection. Call to Action to explicitly include Inland waters in post-2020 #biodiversity Framework & better metrics for measuring freshwater protection @UNEP @unepwcmc @NatGeo @IUCN_Water @IUCN @nature_wonks
We are facing a nature crisis. And it's most acute in freshwater ecosystems - our life support systems! Yet the draft @UNBiodiversity deal still refers to 'land & sea'.
Great @jjopperman blog about why we must stop lumping freshwater in with 'land'
medium.com/@WWFWater/want-to…
Very pleased to announce that our study testing the new @IUCN #GreenStatusOfSpecies, expertly led by @mollykgrace, has just been published in @ConBiology!
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
Some media coverage of our paper validating the new @IUCN #GreenStatusOfSpecies. Great to see in @guardian!
theguardian.com/environment/…
Matt Ford retweeted
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/…
