Discussion session on freshwater KBAs: a message to the Freshwater Institutional Team Monday afternoon Curtis, Willy, Joel, Henni, Frank, Luciano, Harison, Zo, Dave, Wang Hao, Wiggy, Naamal, Rob, Franklin, JVR, Cristiano, Pacheco, Jaime, Francois, Tom, Simon

Discussion session on freshwater KBAs: a message to the Freshwater Institutional Team 1) Things happening already on Red Listing and identifying KBAs for freshwater species through IUCN, especially in Africa (fishes, odonates, decapods, molluscs, freshwater plants) 2) There are already significant amounts of freshwater data available from CI regional programs (e.g. Madagascar, Venezuela, New Caledonia)

3) Existing CI terrestrial work may already pick up some threatened freshwater species in KBAs, but not always (e.g. Nicaragua) 4) Delineation is clearly complex (e.g. should a freshwater KBA include riparian forest?) but not qualitatively different from terrestrial environments. Important to consider and manage watershed issues and threats beyond the site, but these should be considered at the corridor level (e.g. Mekong dams) Discussion session on freshwater KBAs: a message to the Freshwater Institutional Team