It's #ReptileAwarenessDay ! Let's shine a heat lamp on our scaly pals 🐢

Freshwater habitats are home to 51 Critically Endangered, 68 Endangered, and 57 Vulnerable reptiles including the Coahuila box turtle, seen in Fantastic Freshwater: shoalconservation.org/wp-content/upl…

📸 Craig Stanford

#ThrowbackThursday 🐠

Our very own Mike Edmondstone ran TCS London Marathon two weeks ago dressed as the Attenborough’s killifish in support of SHOAL's UK hosts Synchronicity Earth

It’s not too late to donate, help us #KeepThemInTheRunning : tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/michael-edm… #SOShoal #londonmarathon

Excellent thread, this.

Points to add:
💷 In Medieval England they were used instead of money to pay landlords rent

❗️They are the most trafficked animal in the world and smuggled internationally by organised gangs

❌ European eels are Critically Endangered

We can’t forget about the importance of freshwater biodiversity, especially as freshwater species populations are falling the fastest of any species group!

Hydropower projects must understand their water-related risks, including biodiversity #MapOfTheMonth

A recent large-scale inventory confirms that the Asprete, the rarest fish in Europe, still survives in Romania waters WWF Water 💧🐟 WWF Central and Eastern Europe Alex Gavan Living European Rivers 🏞️🐠💦 WWF Romania SHOAL Kathy Hughes Alliance for Freshwater Life
romania-insider.com/inventory-aspr…

“The closest a fish could get to the Michelin Man.” 🐟

🔍 Team Re:wild and Team SHOAL are still on the hunt for the fat catfish!

Read about last April's expedition to Lake Tota in Colombia, to find one of our 10 Most Wanted #LostFishes : shoalconservation.org/wp-content/upl…

💙 What can we do to stop an #EnvironmentalBreakdown ? Our life-sustaining #freshwater ecosystems can be healthy again if we all work together. Share this message #ForALivingPlanet 👉livingplanet.panda.org . #LPR2022

It's almost #WorldRiverDolphinDay !

To celebrate, take a look at how electronic pingers are helping save the last 80 river dolphins in the Mahakam river in Indonesia, and how the project could potentially help other river dolphin species around the world!
wwf.exposure.co/innovative-dol…

Living Planet Report shows a 69% decline of vertebrate #wildlife populations in less than 50 years

Many will be surprised to know that freshwater fish populations declined a shocking 83%!
A result of the immense pressure on rivers, lakes, wetlands
Pollution
Overfishing
Dams
Etc.

⚠️ FRESHWATER POPULATIONS HIT HARDEST ⚠️
in global biodiversity crisis, confirms new #LivingPlanetReport from WWF and ZSL 👇

💧 Freshwater species populations have dived by 83% since 1970 - the largest fall of any species group. 💧
livingplanet.panda.org/en-GB/

“It will raise awareness of the pressures on rivers. We hope this kind of survey will make sure that freshwater environments are recognised and valued and feed into policy decisions.” - Tom Stanton

theguardian.com/environment/20…
Loughborough University Planet Patrol Lizzie Carr MBE

BREAKING: Freshwater species populations have plunged by 83% on average since 1970 - the largest fall of any species group

World must prioritize freshwater biodiversity in new global framework for nature

More in new WWF ZSL #livingplanetreport
livingplanet.panda.org

Is building more dams the way to save rivers? Short answer: no.
'There is mounting evidence that greenhouse gas emissions from dams are often far greater than previously thought, with some facilities maybe even on par with those burning fossil fuels.'
nationalgeographic.com/environment/ar…

We love a #LostSpecies comeback story! The Greenback Cutthroat Trout was lost for 75 years & is now thriving in the wild. We are proud to partner w/ SHOAL & Synchronicity Earth to protect other freshwater species, including #LostFishes !👏🏽 >> newsweek.com/species-extinc…