INVESTIGATION ON BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION OF FRESHWATER FISHES IN INDONESIA
Abstract: Indonesia is one of
the richest regions in the world in terms of biodiversity. However, recent
evidence has shown that tropical forests destruction has maintained at a high
rate over the last few years in this country. At the same time, living resources
in Indonesian freshwater ecosystems are important: this country ranks at number
seven in terms of production of inland capture fisheries with 323,150 tonnes in
2008. Freshwater fishes represent 42% of the total estimated ichthyofauna,
concentrated in 0.01% of the total water covered environment. This environment
is closer to human activities, making it critically vulnerable to adverse
impacts. Furthermore, there has been some recent debates on the general
sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture production systems. This research
was focused on initiating a multi-scale study of fish biodiversity in
freshwater environments. Two specific actions have been started. A review based
on the analyses of the existing scientific literature and of databases on fish
taxonomy and distributions. In parallel to this work, a global analysis of the
distribution of fish diversity in Indonesia was undertaken. This work aims at
identifying the major features of this resource as well as its current and
future threats.
Keywords: biodiversity;
freshwater fish; conservation
Author: Sudarto, Emmanuel
Paradis
Journal Code: jpperikanangg120041
