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  3. Restoring river ecosystems

Restoring river ecosystems

Broader

Restoring
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Rehabilitating degraded aquatic environments
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Rehabilitating damaged ecosystems
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Maintaining healthy ecosystems
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Narrower

Removing dams
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Integrating wetlands biodiversity conservation into river basin management
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Constrained by

Withdrawing upstream water
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Forcing displacement of wildlife
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Diverting rivers
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Discharging into rivers
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Depleting natural habitats
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Damaging ecosystems
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Facilitates

Creating wildlife habitats
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Stabilizing ecosystems
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Managing degraded river basins
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Facilitated by

Rehabilitating rivers
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Reducing river pollution
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Setting quality criteria for marine and freshwater ecosystems
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Protecting freshwater wildlife from pollution
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Integrating forestry with wildlife and fisheries
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Increasing cooperation of riparian countries for assessing transboundary water resources
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Educating in flood and river control
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Related

Restoring wildlife habitats
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Protecting aquatic ecosystems
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Problem

Vulnerability of ecosystem niches
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Uncontrolled river erosion
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River pollution
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Environmentally destructive redirection of water flows
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Environmental degradation due to creation of dams
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Threatened permanent river habitats
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #14: Life Below WaterSustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(E) Emanations of other strategies
Subject
  • Hydrology » Rivers and lakes
  • Geography » Ecology
    • Content quality
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    Language
    English
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024