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Freshwater fishes may now be the most endangered group of vertebrates with a third of species threatened with extinction. So there is urgency, to collect data on their distribution and occurrence to assist with conservation action.

That's where you come in! With over 15,000 freshwater fish species (and with numbers continually growing!), scientists need your help to carry out a ...more ↓

Partners

The FFSG would like to thank our partners for their time, contributions and generous support.

World Wildlife Fund FishBase
Conservation International Fisheries Society of the British Isles
IUCN Species Survival Commission Wetlands International

The Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network - GEO BON

NatureServe

Resources

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Scientific Photography of Fishes: A keep it sweet and simple guide for the Global Freshwater Fish BioBlitz

A Guide for BioBlitz Curators

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The Spanish Guide to BioBlitz is now available

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Web stories

WWF: Crowdsourcing for Conservation

IUCN: Conservation Groups Launch Global Freshwater Fish BioBlitz, Inviting 'Citizen Scientists' to Help Monitor Fish Species

Endorsement

"Biodiversity change is complex to track because it happens everywhere. Citizen science is one of the most important approaches to provide data on the dynamics of biodiversity change, as it is possible to have observers in many places. BioBlitz initiatives help mobile citizen scientists to this task. Making the data collected publicly available in centralized databases allows scientists to develop models and indicators that can be used to inform decision makers of current trends and management options to reduce biodiversity loss."
Henrique Miguel Pereira, Professor of Biodiversity Conservation, Chair of the Group on Earth Observations - Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON)
ffsgadmin created this project on January 19, 2014
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