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… 3.4.2 Water pollution … 7.4.1 Water abstraction and drought … European Union. Acknowledgements viii Biodiversity within inland water ecosystems in western Africa is both highly … available information on the status and distribution of inland water taxa. In response to this need for information, …

… ecosystem processes, and meet human needs, including water production, soil conservation, and marine nutrient … states: By 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland waters, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, … reads: By 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water areas, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine …

… 11: By 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, …

… ones. Among amphibians, species associated with flowing water are significantly more threatened than those living in still water. Among birds and turtles, the marine species are the … hold high numbers of threatened species. For amphibians, inland wetland habitats are exceptionally important. The …

… a series of relationships between large marine ecosystems, water- sheds, national boundaries, and regional ocean … in the vast drainage basins of major river systems and inland with the many sources of airborne pollutants. Human … bays and seas and implicating human activities well inland. Impacts are suffered not only by particular species …

… over the past ten years. In Lake Victoria, a decline in water quality and the introduction of the Nile Perch (Lates … 7.5 million people in sub- Saharan Africa depend on inland fisheries. These new data in the Red List will be … species of mollusc, found only within a 100km stretch of water, are highly threatened due to upstream pollution. …