Matt Ford (@seriouslyfish) 's Twitter Profile
Matt Ford

@seriouslyfish

Conservation biologist and freshwater fish/nature nerd. Currently reassessing all European and North African fw fish species for @IUCNRedList. Own views.

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William Darwall (@fbu2010) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This could be a gamechanger: finally a way to rapidly get information on where FW species occur across the globe using eDNA which works amazingly well for FW fish in particular theguardian.com/environment/20โ€ฆ

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Some media coverage of our paper validating the new IUCN #GreenStatusOfSpecies. Great to see in The Guardian! theguardian.com/environment/20โ€ฆ

michele thieme (@michelethieme) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Land protection โ‰  Freshwater protection. Call to Action to explicitly include Inland waters in post-2020 #biodiversity Framework & better metrics for measuring freshwater protection UN Environment Programme UNEP-WCMC National Geographic IUCN Water and Land Management Team IUCN TNC Policy

๐Ÿ’ง๐ŸŸ Stuart Orr ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ’ง (@stuart_orr) 's Twitter Profile Photo

DYK Over 40% of global fish production depends on rivers? Including 20% of wild capture fisheries & 68% of all aquaculture fish. Find out more in WWFโ€™s new Rivers of Food rivers-of-food.panda.org/#intro with Pictet Group WWF Water ๐Ÿ’ง๐ŸŸ

DYK Over 40% of global fish production depends on rivers? Including 20% of wild capture fisheries & 68% of all aquaculture fish. 

Find out more in <a href="/WWF/">WWF</a>โ€™s new Rivers of Food rivers-of-food.panda.org/#intro with <a href="/PictetGroup/">Pictet Group</a> <a href="/WWFLeadWater/">WWF Water ๐Ÿ’ง๐ŸŸ</a>
Matt Ford (@seriouslyfish) 's Twitter Profile Photo

See our new paper on the #freshwater #fish diversity of West Kabylia, Algeria, here: biodiversityjournal.com/pdf/12(4)_957-โ€ฆ

Jack Perks (@jackperksphoto) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join me for a Youtube Live Q&A on Wildlife Photography all the questions you've ever wanted to know ask for this! What we earn, think about other wildlife togs, how it effects social lives etc Ask on the the night or send in beforehand. 8th March 7pm youtu.be/LU02wlbq-ts

Nanette van der Laan (@nanettevdlaan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: Today the Albanian government has taken a historic step - giving the Vjosa โ€˜National Parkโ€™ status. It will protect Europeโ€™s last wild river. A truly amazing decision which will protect biodiversity and the environment for generations to come.

SHOAL (@shoal_org) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Ever wondered how species are assessed and classified as Endangered or Critically Endangered for the IUCN Red List? Well, assessors such as Catherine Sayer go through a thorough process. We caught up with Catherine to learn more ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ shoalconservation.org/assessing-extiโ€ฆ #EndangeredSpecies

Ever wondered how species are assessed and classified as Endangered or Critically Endangered for the <a href="/IUCNRedList/">IUCN Red List</a>? 

Well, assessors such as <a href="/CatherineASayer/">Catherine Sayer</a> go through a thorough process. We caught up with Catherine to learn more ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡

shoalconservation.org/assessing-extiโ€ฆ #EndangeredSpecies
Jens Svenning (@jcsvenning) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Extinction :( One of the world's largest freshwater fish the Chinese paddlefish has just been declared officially extinct - declined from abundance to #extinction over a few decades due #overfishing & #dams - read more about it here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_pโ€ฆ #fish #hydropower ๐ŸŸ๐ŸŸ

Extinction :( One of the world's largest freshwater fish the Chinese paddlefish has just been declared officially extinct - declined from abundance to #extinction over a few decades due #overfishing &amp; #dams - read more about it here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_pโ€ฆ #fish #hydropower ๐ŸŸ๐ŸŸ
Ulrich Eichelmann (@ulricheichelman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The scientific report about the Neretva Science Week 2022 is out. More than 1,000 species discovered, incl. several new to science. journals.uni-lj.si/NaturaSloveniaโ€ฆ

The scientific report about the Neretva Science Week 2022 is out. More than 1,000 species discovered, incl. several new to science. journals.uni-lj.si/NaturaSloveniaโ€ฆ
WWF Water ๐Ÿ’ง๐ŸŸ (@wwfleadwater) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: Freshwater species populations have crashed by 85% on average since 1970 - finds new WWF & ZSL Conservation report! We must scale up investment NOW in protecting and restoring our rivers, lakes and wetlands - for nature & people livingplanet.panda.org

BREAKING: Freshwater species populations have crashed by 85% on average since 1970 - finds new <a href="/WWF/">WWF</a> &amp; <a href="/ZSLconservation/">ZSL Conservation</a> report!

We must scale up investment NOW in protecting and restoring our rivers, lakes and wetlands - for nature &amp; people

livingplanet.panda.org
Matt Ford (@seriouslyfish) 's Twitter Profile Photo

๐Ÿšจ OUT NOW: European Red List of Freshwater Fishes (2026) After 5+ years of work, Iโ€™m proud to share this major new report, which I had the honour of leading. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Download: op.europa.eu/en/publicationโ€ฆ #Biodiversity #Freshwater #Conservation #EU

๐Ÿšจ OUT NOW: European Red List of Freshwater Fishes (2026)

After 5+ years of work, Iโ€™m proud to share this major new report, which I had the honour of leading.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Download: op.europa.eu/en/publicationโ€ฆ

#Biodiversity #Freshwater #Conservation #EU
Matt Ford (@seriouslyfish) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Many thanks to IUCN for this excellent video highlighting the European Red List of Freshwater Fishes. Great to see the findings being shared more widely. ๐Ÿ‘‰Download the full report here: tinyurl.com/443yr9t5