Rivers are among the most diverse and threatened ecosystems on Earth, as they are impacted by increasing human pressures. Because rivers provide essential goods and services, conservation of these ecosystems is a requisite for sustainable development. Therefore, we must seek ways to conserve healthy rivers and to restore degraded ones

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