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The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in the eastern Mediterranean

Complete Title: 
The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in the eastern Mediterranean
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Abstract: 

The Eastern Mediterranean region supports just over 4.4% of the global human population yet contains only 1.1% of its renewable water resources, which are under constant threat from the impacts of unsustainable water withdrawal, dam development and climate change. This IUCN report and accompanying dataset represents a major advance in the provision of information to help incorporate biodiversity needs into water development planning processes within an Integrated River Basin Management framework. This volume includes species information compiled for each river and lake sub-basin and incorporates information from the assessment conducted by IUCN's Global Species Programme, in collaboration with its partners, of the status and distribution of all described species of freshwater fishes, molluscs, odonates, and plants from across the Eastern Mediterranean with existing information for species of freshwater dependent amphibians, birds, crustaceans, and mammals. This work represents the most comprehensive assessment  yet of freshwater biodiversity at the species level for this part of the world.

Imprint: 
Gland, CH; Cambridge, UK; Malaga, ES : IUCN, 2014
Physical Description: 
xvi, 129p. : ill., maps
Publication Year: 
2014
ISBN: 
978-2-8317-1699-2
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.CH.2014.01.en
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Executive summary in English, Arabic and Turkish.

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Arabic
English
Turkish
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Record created: 2015/01/13
Record updated: 2022/05/24