/newsroom/taxonomy/term/2135/all en /newsroom/channels/news/taking-stock-worlds-lakes-264815 <p>The total shoreline of the world’s lakes is more than four times longer than the global ocean coastline. And if all the water in those lakes were spread over the Earth’s landmass, it would form a layer some four feet (1.3 metres) deep.<br />  <br /></p> Thu, 15 Dec 2016 02:04:57 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 26501 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/measuring-protection-worlds-rivers-263979 <p>To  what extent are the world’s rivers protected?  </p> <p><span>In 2010, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), an international treaty for the conservation of biodiversity, </span><a href="https://www.cbd.int/sp/targets/">set a 17% target</a><span> for the protection of ‘inland waters,’ including rivers. But there was a problem: there was no good way to measure progress toward that target.  </span></p> Fri, 04 Nov 2016 18:16:17 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 26365 at /newsroom