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Tags: Freshwater Freshwater Health Index hippos IUCN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Living Planet Index megafauna paddlefish seals sturgeon turtles

Why are freshwater species in trouble? Bad p.r., for one

By Ian Harrison, Ph.D.

October 11, 2017

New research aims to show people how we can protect important freshwater ecosystems by shining the spotlight on large, charismatic freshwater species that people largely ignore.

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