Balancing hydropower and biodiversity in the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong

By K. Winemiller, Peter B. McIntyre, Leandro Castello, Etienne Fluet-Chouinard, T. Giarrizzo, S. Nam, Ian G. Baird, W. Darwall, Nathan K. Lujan, Ian Harrison and 30 more. Science, 2016

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Trans-Amazonian natal homing in giant catfish (2016, background): “…et al. 444 2010; Ansar et al. 2014), and may require re-evaluating the actual pros and cons of large 445 hydropower plants in the Amazon basin (Finer & Jenkins 2012; Stickler et al. 2013; Kahn, 446 Freitas & Petrere Jr 2014; Winemiller et al. 2016), which hosts the world’s richest 447 biodiversity.”
Impacts of hydroelectric dams on fishes and fisheries in tropical rivers through the lens of functional traits (2019, background): “Introduction Hydropower development represents a major threat to fish biodiversity and the maintenance of critically important fisheries worldwide [1,2], with potential to damage food security and rural livelihoods in tropical regions [3,4].”
Disappearing giants: a review of threats to freshwater megafauna (2017, background): “Land-use change, river fragmentation, and alteration of flow, sediment and thermal regimes cause habitat loss, restrict the movement of aquatic organisms, and alter biodiversity and ecosystem processes.(99) However, knowledge on the expected social, economic, and ecological ramifications is limited ”
TheAlliance for Freshwater Life: A global call to unite efforts for freshwater biodiversity science and conservation (2018, background): “Another is the global surge in hydropower projects (Zarfl, Lumsdon, Berlekamp, Tydecks, & Tockner, 2015), viewed as a ‘ green ’ energy source despite the extensive degradation of habitat and the disruption of species migration routes (Winemiller et al., 2016).”
Climate impacts on hydropower and consequences for global electricity supply investment needs (2017, background): “The number of countries developing capacity to harness this power through dam construction is growing [1].”
Fish conservation in freshwater and marine realms: status, threats and management (2016, background): “For example, strategic conservation planning is urgently needed in species-rich basins threatened by numerous new hydropower dams, such as the Mekong, Congo and Amazon basins (Frederico et al., 2016; Winemiller et al., 2016b).”
Emerging threats and persistent conservation challenges for freshwater biodiversity (2018, background): “At present, hydropower projects are generally assessed on a site-speciﬁc basis that does not account for such interactions or potential environmental–socioeconomic tradeoffs (Orr et al. , 2012; Winemiller et al. , 2016).”