Aquatic biodiversity

Component is implemented in:

GLOBIO model (version GLOBIO 3.0) Components: Aquatic biodiversity Ecosystem services Land degradation Terrestrial biodiversity

Projects/Applications

Rethinking Biodiversity Strategies (2010) project Roads from Rio+20 (2012) project

Models/Databases

GLWD database

Key publications

Alkemade et al., 2011b Janse et al., submitted

References

Lehner and Döll, 2004 Moser et al., 1998

Flowchart Aquatic biodiversity. See also the Input/Output Table on the introduction page.

Key policy issues

• How will the biodiversity in freshwater bodies develop in the absence of additional policies and measures?
• What are the key pressure factors causing loss of aquatic biodiversity?
• How will policies and measures to reduce the key pressure factors contribute to meeting the internationally agreed targets of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)?

Introduction