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The world’s forgotten fish

The WWF reports on the freshwater fish that are critical for lives and livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people and the health of rivers, lakes, and wetlands. But 1/3rd of them are already threatened with extinction. Promoting thriving populations of freshwater fishes and the ecosystems within which they thrive is a priority for WWF and the organizations and alliances that produced this report.

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