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Status and Trends of Biodiversity of Inland Water Ecosystems

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LINK: http://www.biodiv.org/doc/publications/cbd-ts-11.pdf

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This thorough and insightful 120-page report on the "Status and Trends of Biodiversity of Inland Water Ecosystems" covers the following major subjects: the condition of and threats to inland water ecosystems; a review of inland water species richness, distribution and conservation status; inland water ecosystems and habitats identified as high conservation priority; and data gaps and information needs, and it includes an informative review of 18 other ongoing assessments of water resources and inland water biodiversity, including those by IUCN, BirdLife, WWF, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, CGIAR, LakeNet and others.

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Regions: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Canada, World, Nunavut, United States

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