Accelerating environmental flow implementation to bend the curve of global freshwater biodiversity loss

AH Arthington, D Tickner, ME McClain… - Environmental …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
Environmental flows (e-flows) aim to mitigate the threat of altered hydrological regimes in
river systems and connected waterbodies and are an important component of integrated …

Overcoming persistent challenges in putting environmental flow policy into practice: a systematic review and bibliometric analysis

GF Dourado, AM Rallings, JH Viers - Environmental Research …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The implementation of environmental flows (e-flows) aims to reduce the negative impacts of
hydrological alteration on freshwater ecosystems. Despite the growing attention to the …

Environmental flow assessment for intermittent rivers supporting the most poleward mangroves

A Baubekova, A Ahrari, H Etemadi, B Klöve… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The most vulnerable and dynamic ecosystems in terms of response to climate change and
fluctuations in hydrological conditions are mangroves, particularly those located on the edge …

A practical approach for environmental flow calculation to support ecosystem management in Wujiang River, China

X Ni, Z Dong, W Xie, S Wu, M Chen, H Yao… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
To promote ecosystem protection in the Wujiang River, this paper proposes a practical
approach for calculating the environmental flow. The proposed approach combines the idea …

Dynamic Adaptive Environmental Flows (DAE‐flows) to reconcile long‐term ecosystem demands with hydropower objectives

AP Dalcin, GF Marques, A Tilmant… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates how environmental flows (e‐flows) can be designed as dynamic
operating policies to optimize long‐term economic and ecosystem performance in reservoir …

Leading the path toward sustainable freshwater management: Reconciling challenges and opportunities in historical, hybrid, and novel ecosystem types

T Erős, V Hermoso… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Due to their importance for human development and well‐being, freshwater ecosystems are
among the most threatened and modified in the world; a situation that is expected to intensify …

Failure to achieve recommended environmental flows coincides with declining fish populations: Long‐term trends in regulated and unregulated rivers

CA Pennock, LA Bruckerhoff, KB Gido… - Freshwater …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Dams can be operated to mimic components of the natural flow regime to minimise impacts
on downstream ecosystems. However, infrastructure, societal needs, water management …

Small increases in stream drying can dramatically reduce ecosystem connectivity

MC Malish, S Gao, D Kopp, Y Hong, DC Allen… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat fragmentation drives biodiversity loss in rivers around the world. Although the effects
of anthropogenic barriers on river connectivity are well known, there has been little research …

Assessing the Water Footprints (WFPs) of Agricultural Products across Arid Regions: Insights and Implications for Sustainable Farming

S Sharafi, MJ Nahvinia, F Salehi - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
Water resource management has emerged as a pivotal concern within arid regions in recent
times. The water footprint (WFP) index stands out as a principal gauge for facilitating …

Integrating ecosystem benefits for sustainable water allocation in hydroeconomic modeling

D Crespo, J Albiac, A Dinar, E Esteban, T Kahil - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The increasing concern about the degradation of water-dependent ecosystems calls for
considering ecosystems benefits in water management decision-making. Sustainable water …