WATER AND BIODIVERSITY

WATER FOR BIODIVERSITY

FRESHWATER HOLDS OVER 10% OF ALL LIFE
ON THE PLANET AND 35% OF ALL VERTEBRATES.

BETWEEN FRESHWATER
AND ALSO SUPPORTS ALL
TERRESTRIAL BIODIVERSITY.

POPULATIONS OF
FRESHWATER SPECIES
DECLINED BY 55% } compared with
a decline of about 32%
for both marine and
terrestrial species.

BIODIVERSITY FOR WATER

A well-functioning
Provisioning Supporting watershed, with its
Services Services forests, grasslands
Food Production Nutrient Cycling and soils, and wetlands,
Water Soil Formation including watercourses,
Wood and Fiber FRESHWATER Primary Production lakes, swamps and
Fuel
ECOSYSTEMS Habitat Provision floodplains, provides
water storage, clean
PROVIDE A water, flood flows
VAST ARRAY OF management and
SERVICES TO SOCIETY, many other benefits.
INCLUDING CLEAN
Cultural WATER.
Regulating The loss and
Services Services degradation of
Spiritual
biodiversity
Climate Regulation compromise ecosystems
Aesthetic
Flood Regulation and all the services they
Educational
Water Purification deliver, including the
Recreational
supply of clean water.
based on: Millenium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005.