Hydropower Development and Fish Management // A Food-Water-Energy Nexus Requiring International and Multidisciplinary Approach
By Luiz G. M. Silva, Lee J. Baumgartner, Z. Daniel Deng and Hans-Petter Fjeldstad. Fish and hydropower are often in conflict. The need to produce energy often comes at the expense of fisheries productivity. This has led to a global effort in research to understand and mitigate development impacts and sustain this important research.
The environmental impacts of dams have been recognised globally as one of the major threats for aquatic biota, particularly riverine species. Indeed, freshwater environments are deemed to be experiencing greater biodiversity decline than terrestrial ecosystems in part due to increasing human demand for water. In this sense, dams for hydropower production have gained substantial traction in the balance between freshwater usage and biodiversity conservation, creating various disputes worldwide.
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November 2018
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Editorial to special issue "Fish Passage 2018 & Hydropower Symposium", Marine and Freshwater Research 69 (12) i-iii