Thursday, August 28, 2014

Preliminary Sources : The Long, Long Road Ahead

Today I made note of the webpage that gave me this idea in the first place: a post on seriouslyfish.com about freshwater conservation. It provided a link to an interview with Paul Jepson from the University of Oxford and Will Darwall, Head of the IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit, as well as the Biofresh blog. By next week, my topic will be solidified and expanded upon in a future blog post. I also bounced ideas off colleagues to help narrow down and focus the scope of this project.

My list of reasons to do this thesis:
-No significant media coverage of freshwater environments
-Many endangered habitats and species
-Many keystone (vital to health of environment) species
-Important food sources
-Freshwater is much scarcer than saltwater and land
-A devoted hobby dedicated to keeping fish
-Almost nobody seems to care

Links for today:
http://www.seriouslyfish.com/is-freshwater-advocacy-group-the-solution/
http://biofreshblog.com/

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