🐟 Today the iucn_congress has released the first comprehensive assessment of the world’s freshwater fish species, revealing that 25% are at risk of extinction. That's 3,089 species of fish out of 14,910 assessed. At least 17% of threatened freshwater fish species are affected by climate change, including decreasing water levels, rising sea levels that cause seawater to move up rivers, and shifting seasons. For example, the Large-toothed Lake Turkana Robber – a fish species native to Kenya – has moved from Least Concern to Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, due to climate-change driven habitat degradation, overfishing and dams reducing freshwater entering the lake. "It is critical that we better safeguard our freshwater systems as they are not only home to precious and irreplaceable wildlife, but also provide humans with so many services that only the natural world can," said Barney Long, Re:wild's senior director of conservation strategies. Re:wild is working to conserve threatene...