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Protecting and restoring habitats to benefit freshwater biodiversity

Identification

Public canonical key

doi:10.1139/er-2023-0034

Authors

Morgan L. Piczak · Denielle M. Perry · Steven J. Cooke · Ian J Harrison · Silvia Benítez · Aaron A. Koning · Peng Li · Peter Limbu · Karen E. Smokorowski · Sergio A. Salinas‐Rodríguez · John D. Koehn · Irena F. Creed

Reported year

2023

Reported language

en

Source type

article

First detected

2026-11-09T19:04:47.936887+00:00

Last metadata observation

2026-11-09T19:16:51.643478+00:00

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Institutions reported by the source

Carleton University · Charles Sturt University · Conservation International · Fisheries and Oceans Canada · Northern Arizona University · The Nature Conservancy · University of Nevada, Reno · University of Toronto · University of Toronto Scarborough · Yunnan University

Reported affiliation countries

AU · CA · CN · US

Documentary abstract — original language

Freshwater biodiversity is under great threat across the globe as evidenced by more severe declines relative to other types of ecosystems. Some of the main stressors responsible for these concerning trends is habitat fragmentation, degradation, and loss stemming from anthropogenic activities, including energy production, urbanization, agriculture, and resource extraction. Habitat protection and restoration both play an integral role in efforts to save freshwater biodiversity and associated ecosystem services from further decline. In this paper, we summarize the sources of threats associated with habitat fragmentation, degradation, and loss and then outline response options to protect and restore freshwater habitats. Specific response options are to legislate the protection of healthy and productive freshwater ecosystems, prioritize habitats for protection and restoration, enact durable protections, conserve habitat in a coordinated and integrated manner, engage in evidence-based restoration using an adaptive management approach, ensure that potential freshwater habitat alterations are mitigated or off-set, and future-proof protection and restoration actions. Such work should be done through a lens that engages and involves local community members. We identify three broad categories of obstacles that could arise during the implementation of the response options outlined: (a) scientific (e.g., inaccessible data or uncertainties), (b) institutional and management (e.g., capacity issues or differing goals across agencies), and (c) social and political (e.g., prioritizing economic development over conservation initiatives). The protection and restoration of habitats is key to Bend the Curve for freshwater biodiversity, with a comprehensive, connected, and coordinated effort of response options needed to protect intact habitats and restore fragmented, degraded, and lost habitats and the biodiversity and ecosystem services that they support.

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OPENALEX

W4381487131

DOI

10.1139/er-2023-0034

HANDLE

1807/129014

Documentary context

Documentary family

Scholarship

Source-reported types

article

Natural entities mentioned

Ecosystem

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Sources

OpenAlex · Record 1 · Record 2 · Record 3

• DOI · https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2023-0034
• Handle · https://hdl.handle.net/1807/129014
• OpenAlex · https://openalex.org/W4381487131

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