Durable Freshwater Protection guidance documents: A set of living resources

Guide

Global

Publication date: November 12, 2026

File format: PDF

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Explore Durable Freshwater Protection guidance and resources to strengthen conservation planning, management, monitoring and long term protection of freshwater ecosystems worldwide.

Subject Tags

  • Biodiversity
  • Conservation Planning

Overview

Explore a growing collection of guidance and resources for Durable Freshwater Protection designed to support freshwater conservation around the world. The resources cover conservation planning, spatial planning and analysis, policy assessments, management effectiveness, and monitoring, evaluation and learning. They provide guidance for safeguarding freshwater ecological integrity, biodiversity and social values over the long term through legal or other effective means, sustainable funding and social support. The collection also includes guidance for measuring and tracking progress, case studies demonstrating freshwater protection mechanisms and strategies, technical reports, papers, datasets, presentations and other resources. Organized around the Durable Freshwater Protection Framework, these living resources are intended to support practitioners in designing, implementing, evaluating and adaptively managing effective freshwater protection.