Hear from 5 speakers:
• Saving the World’s Forgotten Fishes — Mike Baltzer & Georgie Bull, #SHOAL @shoalorg.bsky.social
• A Conservation Journey in African Freshwater Fishes — Dr Manda Kambikambi
#freshwater #fish #conservation
"Leadbitter et al. 2025 calculates that replacing wild-caught seafood protein with the current mix of livestock protein would cost the Earth roughly 5 million km2 in land, about the size of the Amazon rainforest, an apt comparison since most land cleared for food comes from tropical forests." 🌏🐟
🌍🐟 Join us to explore the conservation of the world’s forgotten freshwater fishes.
Hear stories of challenge, success, and collaboration from experts across academia, museums, and NGOs.
📅 Thu 19 February
🕙 10:00–14:00
📍 @universityofleeds.bsky.social
🔗 water.leeds.ac.uk/events/fresh...
🙀Invasive species cause such diverse ecological impacts that we needed to broaden the lens used to classify their effects. Very happy with the collaborative and progressive nature of this work, integrating previous efforts and helping fill key gaps after years of worldwide effort!
Hey hey this is free and open to all - come make plans with us!