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Learning from Sherman the Shark
Cartoonist Jim Toomey created the comic strip Sherman’s Lagoon, a wry look at underwater life starring Sherman the talking shark. As he sketches some of his favorite sea creatures live onstage, Toomey...
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Getting it together for freshwater ecosystems
Today, thousands of bloggers across hundreds of counties will take part in Blog Action Day, an annual event to raise awareness about a single topic – this year focussed on freshwater. An impressive...
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IUCN Biodiversity Video – Love. Not Loss.
Last week, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature released this video challenging negative “doom and gloom” environmental messages: The video’s positive, hopeful message of “Love. Not...
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A short animation: What is BioFresh?
We’re delighted to present a short animation produced by Paul Jepson and colleagues at Oxford University which outlines BioFresh’s work in helping improve the protection and management of global...
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Can the market help keep streams flowing?
Rob Harmon works on energy and natural resources policy, currently through his own venture Convenient Opportunities. Rob’s TED talk from October 2010 discusses the case of water abstraction from the...
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Rivers on the Edge
Rivers on the Edge is a WWF initiative emphasising the need for sustainable water use in our homes, schools and businesses in order to better conserve and restore our river ecosystems. Initially...
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Explosive dam removal promotes salmon migration
This incredible video shows timelapse footage of the demolition of the 40 metre high Conduit Dam on the White Salmon River in Washington State, USA. Ecologists hope that the dam removal will allow...
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“What is Water?” TED and WWF on a ‘solvable crisis’
The above video, a TED presentation by Stuart Orr, Manager of Global Freshwater Programme at WWF, touches on one of the key questions we often ask within the communication team at BioFresh: what is...
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“Water Lives…”: new BioFresh animation
“Water Lives…” is a new science communication animation designed to draw attention to the important (yet largely invisible) biodiversity which underpins and sustains our freshwater ecosystems....
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World Water Day 2013: Water as a medium for life
World Water Day is an opportunity to think about the importance of water and to reflect on what water really is. Water is not only an instrumental resource to meet the needs of humanity, but it is also...
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Introducing GLOBAQUA
Continuing our series of video interviews with project members, this week we feature Damià Barceló, Director of the Catalan Institute for Water Research in Girona, Spain. Damià leads the Globaqua...
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Free the Snake: Restoring America’s Greatest Salmon River
Free the Snake is a short film about the restoration of the Snake River in Washington State, USA. Featuring interviews with Professor David Montgomery from the University of Washington, Bruce...
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Freshwater life under the microscope
Is there life in a drop of water? Using microscopes, freshwater scientists can help us see the often curious and beautiful array of microscopic life that lives – largely unnoticed – in almost every...
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Multiple Pressures in River Basin Management
Workshop organiser Rafaela Schinegger. Image: Jörg Strackbein Last week in Vienna, a group of around 60 river basin managers, Water Framework Directive officials, European Environment Agency...
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River restoration in action: a chalkstream in Southern England
River restoration is an important strategy used to reduce the impact of multiple stresses on freshwater ecosystems. However, its not always possible to see the restoration process in action. A recent...
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For The Love of Rivers
We thought we’d start the new year with an inspiring video. Dr Kurt Fausch, a stream ecologist and professor at Colorado State University, has recently published a book, For the Love of Rivers, which...
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What is good ecological status and why does it matter?
‘Good ecological status’ is a key term in the EU Water Framework Directive – the policy framework through which European freshwaters are managed. Member states are required to conserve and restore...
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