River Science-Resources for River Managers

River Science

Resources for River Managers

Scientists have collaborated to gain insight into complex river systems.

Acurizal Ranch (lodge and headquaters) in the Pantanal, Brazil, South America. Flooded Grassland. © Scott Warren

Rainwater courses through a bamboo forest in the watershed of the upper Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), Yunnan province, southwestern China © The Nature Conservancy

Scientists from around the world have collaborated and produced a number of reports, publications and tools that contain insight into fresh water, great rivers and our understanding of these complex systems.

Ecosystem Services

Framework for Assessing the Viability of an Ecosystem Service Approach to Conservation [PDF]
The Nature Conservancy, The Natural Capital Project and WWF-US

Ecosystem Services: A Guide for Decision Makers
World Resources Institute, March 2008

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

Fresh Water

Freshwater Ecoregions of the World
WWF and The Nature Conservancy, 2008
FEOW is the first-ever comprehensive map and database describing the world's freshwater biodiversity.

The United Nations World Water Development Reports
2003 and 2006

Free-flowing rivers: Economic luxury or ecological necessity? [PDF]
WWF, February 2006

The Essentials of Environmental Flows [PDF]
IUCN, 2003

September 15, 2011