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Only a third of world’s great rivers remain free flowing, analysis finds

Friday, May 10, 2019

Only a third of the world’s great rivers remain free flowing, due to the impact of dams that are drastically reducing the benefits healthy rivers provide people and nature, according to a global analysis.

Billions of people rely on rivers for water, food and irrigation, but from the Danube to the Yangtze most large rivers are fragmented and degraded. Untouched rivers are largely confined to remote places such as the Arctic and Amazonia.

Fish Passage Conference 2015

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

The abstract submission deadline for the Fish Passage Conference 2015 is closing in just over 3 weeks! If you would like to present your findings relating to fish passage and connectivity, submissions are being taken up untill February 2nd. The conference will be held between the 22nd & 24th of June, in the city of Groningen, The Netherlands.

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