Saving the World’s Most Threatened Species by Restoring Freshwater Ecosystems at Scale
Freshwaters are Important:
Freshwaters make up less than 1% of Earth, but are home to 10% of earth’s species and a third of all vertebrate species.
Freshwaters have about the same number of fish species as the world’s oceans, which are more than 70 times larger.
Photo by Hunter Brumels on Unsplash
Freshwaters are threatened
Freshwaters make up less than 1% of the earth, but are home to 28% of Extinct species, like those pictured here, and 29% of Critically Endangered species.

Freshwaters make up less than 1% of earth, but are home to 28% of Extinct species, like those pictured here, and 29% of Critically Endangered species.
FRESHWATERS


Invasive species like these carp are responsible, at least in part, for 41% of all freshwater extinctions.
But, they can be eradicated, after which, even species on the edge of extinction can make spectacular recoveries.
Photo: Pixabay
Invasive species like these carp are responsible, at least in part, for 41% of all freshwater extinctions.
But, they can be eradicated, after which, even species on the edge of extinction can make spectacular recoveries.
The Endangered White-headed duck recovered in Laguna de Zóñar, Spain after invasive carp were eradicated. Numbers of 5 other water birds, including flamingos, also increased.
The Endangered White-headed duck recovered in Laguna de Zóñar, Spain after invasive carp were eradicated. Numbers of 5 other water birds, including flamingos, also increased.
invasive alien species eradication

LAGUNA DE ZÓÑAR


INVASIVE ERADICATIONS CAN ALSO BENEFIT WATER QUALITY FOR PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE.
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CARP

There are thousands of opportunities, like Laguna de Zóñar, to save threatened species from extinction and benefit people by eradicating invasive species.
There are thousands of opportunities, like Laguna de Zóñar, to save threatened species from extinction and benefit people by eradicating invasive species.
ZEMPOALA AXOLOTL

Photo: Juan Antonio Reynoso Moran

Photo: Wikimedia Commons
ZEMPOALA AXOLOTL

Photo: Juan Antonio Reynoso Moran

Photo: Wikimedia Commons
AMAMI OSHIMA FROG

Photo: Shawn Miller
CUTTHROAT TROUT

Photo: William Hughes
OWENS PUPFISH

Photo: CA Dept. Fish and Wildlife
MADAGASCAR GREBE
Photo: eBird
MADAGASCAR GREBE

Photo: eBird