{"id":8760,"date":"2020-02-25T09:18:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T14:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=8760"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:51:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:51:48","slug":"emergency-action-plan-for-saving-freshwater-biodiversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2020\/emergency-action-plan-for-saving-freshwater-biodiversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Action Plan for Saving Freshwater Biodiversity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Emergency Action Plan for Saving Freshwater Biodiversity\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carleton Biology\u2019s Dr.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/steven-j-cooke\/\"><b>Steven Cook<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was on CBC Radio<\/span> <b><i>In Town and Out with Giacomo Panico<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on February <\/span>22<sup>nd <\/sup><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to talk about the Emergency<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Action Plan for Saving Freshwater Biodiversity &#8211; from platypus in Australia to river dolphins in the Amazon to Bull Trout in Alberta to mussels in Europe to frogs in southeast Asia. The Emergency Action Plan, which is the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> first ever recovery plan to save the planet&#8217;s rivers, lakes and wetlands from catastrophic collapse, is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">developed by a team of global experts <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the World Wildlife Fund and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">co-authored by Steven Cook.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To listen to the full conversation please visit the following link: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/listen\/live-radio\/1-98-in-town-and-out\/clip\/15762159-saving-freshwater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/listen\/live-radio\/1-98-in-town-and-out\/clip\/15762159-saving-freshwater<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more detail&nbsp; about The Emergency Action plan for Saving Freshwater Biodiversity please visit the below link: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/academic.oup.com\/bioscience\/advance-article\/doi\/10.1093\/biosci\/biaa002\/5732594\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton Biology\u2019s Dr. Steven Cook was on CBC Radio In Town and Out with Giacomo Panico on February 22nd to talk about the Emergency Action Plan for Saving Freshwater Biodiversity &#8211; from platypus in Australia to river dolphins in the Amazon to Bull Trout in Alberta to mussels in Europe to frogs in southeast Asia. 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