UB experts collaborate in the launch of the first online Global Freshwater Biodiversity Atlas
The Global Freshwater Biodiversity Atlas has just been launched; it is a new online information source about freshwater biodiversity, particularly addressed to scientists and environmental managers all over the world. Experts of the Research Group Freshwater Ecology and Management (FEM) of the University of Barcelona (UB) participated in its development. The Group is led by Narcís Prat, full professor of the Department of Ecology at the UB who has devoted his thirty-five year career to river biodiversity. The Atlas is an output of the project BioFresh (Biodiversity of freshwater ecosystems: Status, trends, pressures, and conservation priorities), funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme.
The Global Freshwater Biodiversity Atlas has just been launched; it is a new online information source about freshwater biodiversity, particularly addressed to scientists and environmental managers all over the world. Experts of the Research Group Freshwater Ecology and Management (FEM) of the University of Barcelona (UB) participated in its development. The Group is led by Narcís Prat, full professor of the Department of Ecology at the UB who has devoted his thirty-five year career to river biodiversity. The Atlas is an output of the project BioFresh (Biodiversity of freshwater ecosystems: Status, trends, pressures, and conservation priorities), funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme.