Sand mining destabilises riverbeds and affects local communities but new hi-tech surveillance can improve the monitoring of extraction and help protect these people.
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Freshwater megafish numbers have fallen by 94%, according to one study.
Putting a dollar value on nature has staunch opponents who say it’s morally wrong, but without it, building dams and other infrastructure can run roughshod over vital ecosystems.
Data analysis suggests local activity will intensify the effects of global warming - so adapting means rethinking national development strategies
Sea levels are rising, while deltas are being starved of sediment by upstream dams.
If the river islands are bombed away and if the riverscape is engineered into something more like a large artificial canal, then endangered species face extinction.
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Research Scientist in River Ecosystems, University of Nevada, Reno
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Associate Professor of climate science, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi
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Researcher, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)
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Assistant professor, Utrecht University
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of Southampton
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Researcher, Toulouse School of Economics – École d'Économie de Toulouse
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Senior Researcher, UMI 209 UMMISCO (IRD/SU), Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)
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Économiste, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
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Chargée de recherche sur les impacts du changement climatique, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
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Visiting professor
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of Southampton