The latest WWF global report confirms what most field biologists have been seeing locally but which must be urgently brought to the attention of the public, and our environmental policy makers: dramatic declines in global biodiversity, mostly through overexploitation and agriculture.

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Freshwater habitats have suffered the greatest decline in biodiversity, 81% between 1970 and 2012, mostly through habitat loss and degradation, as well as overexploitation. Amongst the vertebrates, freshwater fish have the highest rate of extinction.

Freshwater habitat conservation is beneficial to all, helping maintain water supplies, ecosystem function and biodiversity, as well as protecting against flooding, with benefits for sustainable fisheries, forestry and agriculture, water quality, public health, education, recreation and tourism.