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Freshwater fish make up 51% of all fish species and ¼ of all vertebrate species on Earth Nearly 1/3 of freshwater fish species are threatened with extinction; 76% decline in migratory freshwater fish since 1970; 94% decline in mega-fish (heavier than 30kg) such as Danube sturgeon since 1970; Freshwater fisheries provide food for 200 million people and livelihoods for 60 million; and Fisheries valued at over US$38 billion, while recreational fishing generates US$100 billion. There are18,075 fre...

Sheetal Mehta Walsh, Global Innovation Executive Joins Waterhound Futures as Board Advisor News provided by Share this article Share this article LONDON, Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Waterhound Futures Limited, a leader in water and wastewater data analytics, announced today that Sheetal Mehta Walsh will join Waterhound Futures as a Board Advisor. Waterhound Futures provides deep tech software solutions to industry and municipal water and wastewater treatment customers, while Sheetal will adv...

Four International Water Stories to Watch in 2021 The travails of the last year, when a bat virus infected humans and turned the world upside down, were an unfortunate reminder of the inseparable ties between society and the natural environment. So it is with water, which will again this year direct the course of history, through events small and large. What are the large events to pay attention to? What are the trends and flashpoints? The fallout from the pandemic will continue to cast a shado...

World Wildlife Fund Sounds Alarm on Turkey Water Shortages Bloomberg 1/21/2021 Ercan Ersoy (Bloomberg) -- Ten provinces in Turkey, including Istanbul and Ankara, have been declared water-scarce by the World Wildlife Fund, which decried a lack of official planning. The non-governmental organization sounded the alarm following a five-year global analysis using data sets including climate change, water regulation and governance, said Stuart Orr, head of WWF’s Global Freshwater ...