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Acta Biológica Colombiana
Print version ISSN 0120-548X
Abstract
SABATER, SERGI and ELOSEGI, ARTURO. BALANCING CONSERVATION NEEDS WITH USES OF RIVER ECOSYSTEMS. Acta biol.Colomb. [online]. 2014, vol.19, n.1, pp.3-10. ISSN 0120-548X. https://doi.org/10.15446/abc.v19n1.38045.
Rivers are among the most diverse and threatened ecosystems on the Earth, but their conservation is a requisite for sustainable development. Conservation must consider both the structure and the functioning of the elements (usually species), as well as of their ecosystem. Therefore, successful river conservation must go beyond protecting species to protecting entire ecosystems and the processes that give each ecosystem its special characteristics. River conservation has to meet the legitimate aspirations of human populations for clean, readily available supply of water, without compromising the water needs of ecosystems and nature. Therefore, it is essential to take a landscape perspective that incorporates processes occurring in the riverine riparian areas as well as on connectivity with the land and across the river network.
Keywords : Andean; biodiversity; conservation; ecosystem functioning river.