People need freshwater biodiversity

Sammanfattning

Freshwater biodiversity, from fish to frogs and microbes to macrophytes, provides a vast array of services to people. Mounting concerns focus on the accelerating pace of biodiversity loss and declining ecological function within freshwater ecosystems that continue to threaten these natural benefits. Here, we catalog nine fundamental ecosystem services that the biotic components of indigenous freshwater biodiversity provide to people, organized into three categories: material (food; health and genetic resources; material goods), non-material (culture; education and science; recreation), and regulating (catchment integrity; climate regulation; water purification and nutrient cycling). If freshwater biodiversity is protected, conserved, and restored in an integrated manner, as well as more broadly appreciated by humanity, it will continue to contribute to human well-being and our sustainable future via this wide range of services and associated nature-based solutions to our sustainable future.This article is categorized under:Human Water > Value of WaterWater and Life > Nature of Freshwater EcosystemsScience of Water > Water and Environmental Change

Nyckelord

ecosystem services; freshwater biodiversity; freshwater ecosystems; freshwater life

Publicerad i

WIREs Water
2023, volym: 10, nummer: 3, artikelnummer: e1633
Utgivare: WILEY

SLU författare

• D Olden, Julian

  • Institutionen för vilt, fisk och miljö, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    
  • University of Washington Seattle

Associerade SLU-program

Naturupplevelser och hälsa

Globala målen (SDG)

SDG6 Rent vatten och sanitet för alla
SDG15 Ekosystem och biologisk mångfald

UKÄ forskningsämne

Ekologi
Miljövetenskap

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1633

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/121446