SINGAPORE - A new framework is seeking to avert the extinction of 90 critically endangered freshwater fish species, including betta fish, in South-east Asia.
The framework was unveiled on July 10 by Shoal, Mandai Nature and the IUCN Species Survival Commission’s Asian Species Action Partnership . Stakeholders like policy makers, governments, ornamental fish trade organisations, intergovernmental organisations like Asean and the Mekong River Commission could use the framework to develop conservation programmes.
The 86-page framework identifies the rapid loss and degradation of natural habitats and invasive species as threats to freshwater fish and outlines eight urgent priorities in freshwater fish conservation. The 90 critically endangered species are spread across South-east Asia and lack of data can pose significant barriers to efficient conservation.
Conservation work in peat swamp forests in Indonesia and Malaysia, which face rapid destruction, is also of very high urgency according to the framework. While the extent of this habitat in total is relatively large, individual interventions at the site can be relatively small scale, requiring minimal resources.
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