Abstract
Changes in land management (land use and land cover) and water management (including extraction of ground water and diversion of surface waters for irrigation) driven by increases in agricultural production and urban expansion (and fundamentally by population growth) have created multiple stressors on global freshwater ecosystems that we can no longer ignore.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5 - 18 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Freshwater Biology |
| Volume | 55 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger
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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
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SDG 15 Life on Land
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