Clean and plentiful water underpins human activity and supports natural ecosystems. A robust evidence base is required to develop policy to ensure there is a plentiful supply of water in the long term and to significantly enhance the quality of water available to all forms of life.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
For centuries, human activities have impacted our rivers by shifting the sources and combinations of physical, biological and chemical drivers and pressures. However, our understanding of their impact on ecosystems has b...
Funded by: NERC
Lead research organisation: University of Stirling
The project addresses the question fully and the authors have the necessary expertise.
Freshwater ecosystems provide critical ecosystem services that underpin human societies and wellbeing: including water purification, carbon capture, and the maintenance of sustainable fisheries. However, these ecosystems...
Funded by: NERC
Lead research organisation: University of Essex
The project addresses the question fully and the authors have the necessary expertise.
We are facing a global biodiversity crisis and freshwater biodiversity is declining more rapidly than either terrestrial or marine biodiversity. One in ten freshwater and wetland species in England are threatened with ex...
Funded by: NERC
Lead research organisation: University of Sheffield
The project addresses the question fully and the authors have the necessary expertise.