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-▶ GREAT PHOTOGRAPHS OF IMPORTANT FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE
Michel Roggo is based in Switzerland, and this has a lot to do with his passion: He started freshwater photography in the countless crystal clear rivers and lakes of the Swiss Alps. With 25 years of experience and about 100 expeditions worldwide, he has the skills to work on a global freshwater project: Produce a photographic documentation of 30 important freshwater environments from across the globe, focusing on underwater images. This as a contribution to safeguarding the future of the world's wetland areas. The duration of the project is 4 years, starting 2011. So far, about 20 locations have been photographed. http://www.roggo.ch/thefreshwaterproject/
Nature, March 02, 2015
▶ EUROPE SOUNDS ALARM OVER FRESHWATER POLLUTION http://www.nature.com/news/europe-sounds-alarm-over-freshwater-pollution-1.17021
IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature
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THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE IN AFRICAN FRESHWATERS
UNDER WATER, UNDER THREAT
The most comprehensive assessment yet of freshwater biodiversity at the species level for an entire continent: mainland continental Africa
ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) December 12, 2014
▶ OIL SPILL THREATENS RARE DOLPHINS IN BANGLADESH'S SUNDARBANS REGION, OFFICIALS WARN. Thousands of litres of oil spilled into the protected Sundarbans mangrove area, home to rare Irrawaddy and Ganges dolphins. Bangladeshi fishermen using sponges and sacks have begun cleaning up a huge oil spill in a protected area that is home to the world's largest mangrove forest http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-12/catastrophic-oil-spill-in-bangladesh/5963450
Care2, July 10, 2014
-▶ THIS NEW MEKONG RIVER DAM IS A DEATH SENTENCE FOR THE LAST 85 IRRAWADDY DOLPHINS http://www.care2.com/causes/this-new-dam-is-a-death-sentence-for-the-last-85-irrawaddy-dolphins.html
RESTORING RIVERS:
THE LIFEBLOOD OF BOTH HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES
On Earth Magazine, July 09, 2014
-▶ IS IT TIME TO LET THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI BE MIGHTY AGAIN? . We've spent billions of dollars on dikes, locks, and levees in a vain attempt to subdue what Mark Twain called 'that lawless stream.' Is it time to let the river have its way? http://www.onearth.org/articles/2014/06/should-we-let-the-mighty-mississippi-be-mighty-again
-▶ MANGROVES, REEFS, FORESTS AND DUNES BEING OBLITERATED -- DOUBLING COASTAL FLOOD IMPACT AND SPECIES EXTINCTION http://sco.lt/6tnLLF
RESTORING RIVERS TO NATURE
WATCH
"SALMON - RUNNING THE GAUNTLET"
Full Episode - PBS Nature
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/salmon-running-the-gauntlet/video-full-episode/6620/
-▶ GIVING THANKS TO SALMON: SUSTAINERS OF THE GREAT BEAR RAINFOREST http://ow.ly/mITrI
May 2013 - Solutions Magazine
-▶ THE RETURN OF THE SALMON: HOW ONE DAM'S REMOVAL HAS TRANSFORMED OUR APPROACH TO NATURE http://thesolutionsjournal.com/node/22131
June 21, 2013 Living on Earth:
-▶ HELPING FISH RETURN TO THE ELWHA RIVER - NOT SO EASY http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=13-P13-00025&
ELWHA RIVER DAM
FREEING A RIVER TO IT'S FORMER GLORY: A GRAND EXPERIMENT
August 22, 2013 TerraDaily
-▶ DAMS DESTABILIZE RIVER FOOD WEBS: LESSONS FROM THE GRAND CANYON http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Dams_destabilize_river_food_webs_Lessons_from_the_Grand_Canyon_999.html
-▶ CALIFORNIA DROUGHT THREATENS COHO SALMON WITH EXTINCTION http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/California-drought-threatens-coho-salmon-with-5175736.php
Alternet, January 20, 2014
-▶ ALASKAN COPPER MINE COULD DESTROY THE WORLD'S LARGEST WILD SALMON RUN, SAYS EPA http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/copper-mine-could-destroy-worlds-largest-wild-salmon-run?akid=11427.237541.SV5Uzp&rd=1&src=newsletter950229&t=14
Living on Earth, December 13, 2013
-▶ THE ICONIC SALMON http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=13-P13-00050&segmentID=6
-▶ MORE THAN HALF OF U.S. RIVERS ARE TOO POLLUTED TO SUPPORT LIFE. REPORT REVEALS SCALE OF WATER CONTAMINATION http://sco.lt/5Gpafx
National Geographic: Pictures:
-▶ DIPPING UNDER UNSPOILED RIVERS http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/03/pictures/130322-unspoiled-rivers-freshwater/
-▶ 28,000 RIVERS WIPED OFF THE MAP OF CHINA http://sco.lt/7paeFV
March 22, 2013 Environment America
-▶ REPORT: WASTING OUR WATERWAYS 2012
Guardian Environment, October 12, 2013
-▶ BRITAIN'S LOST RIVERS RESURRECTED AND FREED TO GO WITH THE FLOW http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/13/britain-lost-rivers
FastCo Exist, March 31, 2014
-▶ STUNNING PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW HOW WE'RE USING AND ABUSING THE WORLD'S WATER http://www.fastcoexist.com/3027442/stunning-photographs-show-how-were-using-and-abusing-the-worlds-water
PHOTOS
Mother Nature Network
-▶ RIVER OTTERS, THE HARDEST WORKING CLOWNS IN THE WATER. Playful, curious, rambunctious and so much fun to watch, North American river otters are an important part of a healthy riparian habitat. River otters can be found near lakes, rivers, swamps and estuaries. Click through to see more photos of these adorable animals and learn more about just how amazing they are. (Text: Jaymi Heimbuch)
Mother Nature Network, March 05, 2015
-▶ THE ONE IMPORTANT WAY WE COMPLETELY UNDERVALUE RIVER OTTERS http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/the-one-important-way-we-completely-undervalue-river-otters
-▶ IN PHOTOS: RIVER OTTERS MAKING A COME BACK IN CALIFORNIA'S BAY AREA . A sign not only that the local efforts put into habitat restoration are paying off, but that focusing on coexisting with wildlife in general can bring back native species to an area.
World Wildlife Fund, March 13, 2014
-▶ DEPENDING ON CLEAN WATER: FIVE FRESHWATER ANIMAL STORIES http://worldwildlife.org/stories/depending-on-clean-water-five-freshwater-animals?link=btn&
▶ WETLANDS VITAL IN SUPPORTING HUMAN LIFE AND OUR SURVIVAL ECOSYSTEMS http://sco.lt/6Nfjcn
September 10, 2013 Wired Magazine
-▶ SPRAWLING, GORGEOUS PHOTO PROJECT DIVES DEEP INTO THE LIFE AND HEAVY INDUSTRIES OF RIVERS http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2013/09/sprawling-and-gorgeous-photo-project-dives-deep-into-the-life-and-waste-of-rivers/
-▶ *** INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES CONTINUE TO DUMP MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF TOXIC CHEMICALS INTO AMERICA'S RIVERS, STREAMS, LAKES AND OCEAN WATERS http://www.environmentamerica.org/reports/ame/wasting-our-waterways-2012
-▶ PHARMACEUTICAL POLLUTION IN OUR STREAMS, RIVERS AND DRINKING WATER http://sco.lt/6c3dcf
-▶ DAMS, ECOCIDE AND WATER RIGHTS -▶
BIG MONEY DRIVES EXTINCTION
Indigenous Communities, EcoSystems, Forests Devastated
WATER IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
WATCH
PBS Nature Full Episode
MONETIZING THE COMMONS: THE DEPLETION OF NATURE
"THE MYSTERY OF THE EELS"
A Billion Dollar Industry as Population Plunges
130,000 Tons of Eeels Consumed in Japan Alone Each Year: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-mystery-of-eels/preview/8239/
