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Wetland ecosystem services Factsheet 6 - Reservoirs of biodiversity
… stocks. The Amazon basin contains the largest number of freshwater fish species in the world – more than 3,000, many … of animals have so far been identified from the world’s freshwater wetlands alone. Of these, about half are insects … of wetlands also translates into hard monetary value. The fishery of the Lower Mekong basin (shared by Cambodia, Laos …
Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas : Targets for comprehensive protected area systems
… Cardenas E5-75 y Japon, Quito, Ecuador. 7. IUCN/SSC Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme, 219c Huntingdon … because the primary threat for most terrestrial and freshwater species is the destruction of their habitats … 1994). These gaps are undoubtedly even more serious in freshwater and marine biomes (Chape et al. 2003). The Fifth …