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dam-l Freshwater biodiversity report/LS
Africa figures big in a new UNEP report on most threatened freshwater
ecosystems:
>FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY REPORT
>
>In a new report, UNEP and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC)
>identify priority areas where conservation action is needed to retain the
>diversity of fish, mollusks and crustaceans-key sources of food to people
>world-wide. "Freshwater Biodiversity: A
>Preliminary Global Assessment" identifies the African Great Lakes,
>Madagascar, Tasmania, the Mississippi basin and Lake Titicaca amongst 23
>"hotspots" of freshwater biodiversity.
>
>For more information contact: Laura Battlebury, WCMC; tel: +44 (0)1223
>277314; fax: +44 (0)1223 277136; e-mail: laura.battlebury@wcmc.org.uk
>
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Lori Pottinger, Director, Southern Africa Program,
and Editor, World Rivers Review
International Rivers Network
1847 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, California 94703, USA
Tel. (510) 848 1155 Fax (510) 848 1008
http://www.irn.org
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