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Safeguarding Freshwater Life Beyond 2020: Recommendations for the New Global Biodiversity Framework from the European Experience
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Abstract
The drafting of a new Global Biodiversity Framework for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and Biodiversity Strategy for the European Union (EU) render 2020 a critical crossroad for biodiversity conservation. Freshwater biodiversity is disproportionately threatened and poorly studied relative to marine and terrestrial biota, despite providing numerous essential ecosystem services. The urgency of the mounting freshwater biodiversity crisis necessitates approaches catered to the unique ecology and threats of freshwater life, which are not adequately addressed by current strategies. We present a set of 15 special recommendations for freshwater biodiversity to guide the CBD’s post-2020 framework and the 2020 EU strategy based on European case studies, both challenges and successes. Our recommendations cover key outcomes and guiding concepts, enabling conditions and methods of implementation, planning and accountability modalities, and cross-cutting issues. They address topics including invasive species, integrated water resources management, strategic conservation planning, data management, and emerging technologies for freshwater monitoring, among others. These recommendations will enhance the ability of global and European post-2020 biodiversity agreements to halt and reverse the rapid global decline of freshwater biodiversity.
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- Authors
- van Rees, C. B., Waylen, K. A., Schmidt-Kloiber, A., Thackeray, S. J., Kalinkat, G., Martens, K., Domisch, S., Lillebø, A. I., Hermoso, V., Grossart, H.-P., Schinegger, R., Decleer, K., Adriaens, T., Denys, L., Jarić, I., Janse, J. H., Monaghan, M. T., De Wever, A., Geijzendorffer, I., Adamescu, M. C., & Jähnig, S. C.
- Affiliations
- Estación Biológica de Doñana (ES)
- James Hutton Institute (GB)
- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (GB)
- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (DE)
- Institute of Natural Sciences (BE)
- Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar (PT)
- Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia (ES)
- University of Potsdam (DE)
- BOKU University (AT)
- Research Institute for Nature and Forest (BE)
- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (CZ)
- Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (NL)
- Tour du Valat (FR)
- University of Bucharest (RO)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Corresponding author
- van Rees, Charles B.
- Jähnig, Sonja C.
- ORCID
- van Rees, Charles B.
- Waylen, Kerry A.
- Thackeray, Stephen J.
- Kalinkat, Gregor
- Martens, Koen
- Domisch, Sami
- Lillebø, Ana I.
- Hermoso, Virgilio
- Grossart, Hans-Peter
- Schinegger, Rafaela
- Decleer, Kris
- Adriaens, Tim
- Denys, Luc
- Jarić, Ivan
- Janse, Jan H.
- Monaghan, Michael T.
- Geijzendorffer, Ilse
- Adamescu, Mihai C.
- Jähnig, Sonja C.
- Venue
- Conservation Letters
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2020-01-19
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 1755-263X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3000656062
- Cited by
- 192
- References
- 139
- Citations by year
- 2026: 22 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 39 · 2022: 37 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 3
- FWCI
- 17.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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- Funders
- Fulbright Association
- Scottish Government
- European Commission (642317, HORIZON2020)
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01LN1320A, /2018, 01LC1501G1)
- Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BR/175/A1/ORC, BR/175/A1)
- Akademie Věd České Republiky
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (RYC‐2013‐13979)
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa
- Natural Environment Research Council (NE/N006437/1, NE/N00597X/2)
- Leibniz-Gemeinschaft (J45/2018)
- Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UID/AMB/50017/2019)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Environmental Conservation and Management
- Keywords
- freshwater biodiversity, post-2020 global biodiversity framework, Convention on Biological Diversity, EU Biodiversity Strategy, biodiversity policy, environmental flows, water quality, invasive species, integrated water resources management, conservation planning, freshwater ecosystem monitoring, ecosystem services, biodiversity loss
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