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FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY UNDER THREAT FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS ARE THE MOST THREATENED AND POORLY PROTECTED ON EARTH -
AVERTING GLOBAL EXTINCTIONS OF FRESHWATER FISHES ONE IN THREE FRESHWATER FISH ARE THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION -
INLAND FISHERIES AND THE RURAL POOR INLAND FISHERIES PROVIDES FOOD SECURITY AND LIVELIHOODS FOR MILLIONS OF RURAL POOR .
WHAT WE DO
We are interested in understanding everything ‘fishy’; but much of our current research is focused on understanding human dependence and impacts on tropical aquatic ecosystems, and generating information and developing methods to support conservation decision-making. Of particular interest is the conservation issues of freshwater fishes of the Western Ghats region in India (part of the Western Ghats – Sri Lanka Biodiversity Hotspot).
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Dr. Rajeev Raghavan is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Fisheries Resource Management, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Kochi, India; the South Asia Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission – Freshwater Fish Specialist Group (FFSG); and the IUCN Freshwater Fish Red List Authority Coordinator (for the regions of Southern, Northern and Eastern Asia and Oceania).
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