The map shows the results of the prioritisation of 18,816 river and lake catchments in Europe based on their importance in the conservation of freshwater biodiversity.
see also:
Carrizo, S. F., Lengyel, S., Kapusi, F., Szabolcs, M., Kasperidus, H. D., Scholz, M., Markovic, D., Freyhof, J., Cid, N., Cardoso, A. C. and Darwall, W. 2017. Critical catchments for freshwater biodiversity conservation in Europe: identification, prioritisation and gap-analysis. Journal of Applied Ecology, in press. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12842
with support provided by: BioFresh project
Szabolcs Lengyel and Savrina Carrizo
William Darwall
Freshwater Biodiversity Unit
IUCN Global Species Programme
The David Attenborough Building
Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ
United Kingdom
www.iucn.org/species/freshwater
and
Szabolcs Lengyel Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Centre for Ecological Research
Danube Research Institute
4026 Debrecen, Bem tér 18/c
Hungary
http://www.okologia.mta.hu/en/Szabolcs.LENGYEL
This work was supported by the EU BioFresh Project, Contract No. 226874.