A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research

• Published in: Ecology letters Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 255 - 263
• Main Authors: Maasri, Alain, Jähnig, Sonja C., Adamescu, Mihai C., Adrian, Rita, Baigun, Claudio, Baird, Donald J., Batista‐Morales, Angelica, Bonada, Núria, Brown, Lee E., Cai, Qinghua, Campos‐Silva, Joao V., Clausnitzer, Viola, Contreras‐MacBeath, Topiltzin, Cooke, Steven J., Datry, Thibault, Delacámara, Gonzalo, De Meester, Luc, Dijkstra, Klaus‐Douwe B., Do, Van Tu, Domisch, Sami, Dudgeon, David, Erös, Tibor, Freitag, Hendrik, Freyhof, Joerg, Friedrich, Jana, Friedrichs‐Manthey, Martin, Geist, Juergen, Gessner, Mark O., Goethals, Peter, Gollock, Matthew, Gordon, Christopher, Grossart, Hans‐Peter, Gulemvuga, Georges, Gutiérrez‐Fonseca, Pablo E., Haase, Peter, Hering, Daniel, Hahn, Hans Jürgen, Hawkins, Charles P., He, Fengzhi, Heino, Jani, Hermoso, Virgilio, Hogan, Zeb, Hölker, Franz, Jeschke, Jonathan M., Jiang, Meilan, Johnson, Richard K., Kalinkat, Gregor, Karimov, Bakhtiyor K., Kasangaki, Aventino, Kimirei, Ismael A., Kohlmann, Bert, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, Kuiper, Jan J., Kupilas, Benjamin, Langhans, Simone D., Lansdown, Richard, Leese, Florian, Magbanua, Francis S., Matsuzaki, Shin‐ichiro S., Monaghan, Michael T., Mumladze, Levan, Muzon, Javier, Mvogo Ndongo, Pierre A., Nejstgaard, Jens C., Nikitina, Oxana, Ochs, Clifford, Odume, Oghenekaro Nelson, Opperman, Jeffrey J., Patricio, Harmony, Pauls, Steffen U., Raghavan, Rajeev, Ramírez, Alonso, Rashni, Bindiya, Ross‐Gillespie, Vere, Samways, Michael J., Schäfer, Ralf B., Schmidt‐Kloiber, Astrid, Seehausen, Ole, Shah, Deep Narayan, Sharma, Subodh, Soininen, Janne, Sommerwerk, Nike, Stockwell, Jason D., Suhling, Frank, Tachamo Shah, Ram Devi, Tharme, Rebecca E., Thorp, James H., Tickner, David, Tockner, Klement, Tonkin, Jonathan D., Valle, Mireia, Vitule, Jean, Volk, Martin, Wang, Ding, Wolter, Christian, Worischka, Susanne, Thrall, Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2022; Wiley
• Subjects: area; Biodiversity; biodiversity conservation; Conservation; Conservation of Natural Resources; data infrastructure; Ecology; Ecosystem; Ekologi; Environmental Sciences; Fresh Water; freshwater; freshwater biodiversity crisis; freshwaters; management; monitoring; research priorities; social ecology; Sustainability management; Water conservation; Wildlife conservation; ecology; freshwater biodiversity crisis; management; freshwaters; research priorities; monitoring; data infrastructure; social ecology
• ISSN: 1461-023X; 1461-0248; 1461-0248
• DOI: 10.1111/ele.13931

Global freshwater biodiversity is declining dramatically, and meeting the challenges of this crisis requires bold goals and the mobilisation of substantial resources. While the reasons are varied, investments in both research and conservation of freshwater biodiversity lag far behind those in the terrestrial and marine realms. Inspired by a global consultation, we identify 15 pressing priority needs, grouped into five research areas, in an effort to support informed stewardship of freshwater biodiversity. The proposed agenda aims to advance freshwater biodiversity research globally as a critical step in improving coordinated actions towards its sustainable management and conservation. Global freshwater biodiversity is declining dramatically, and meeting the challenges of this crisis requires bold goals and the mobilization of substantial resources. We provide a concise agenda of 15 pressing priority needs in an effort to support informed global freshwater biodiversity stewardship. The proposed agenda aims to advance freshwater biodiversity research globally as a critical step in improving coordinated action towards its sustainable management and conservation.