Join Reverse the Red as we prepare for the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi in October 2025. In this session, colleagues from around the freshwater world will discuss some of the important motions regarding freshwater species.

Motions:

• 3 Developing a unified global definition of 'peatland and peat

• 16 Springs under threat: mobilising urgent action for neglected freshwater systems

• 18 Advancing and tracking global river conservation to meet biodiversity and climate goals

• 19 Activating sustainable management of inland fisheries

• 20 Implementing an aquascape approach to conservation of fresh and saline water ecosystems

• 23 Prioritising wetlands conservation and restoration to tackle the dual climate and biodiversity crises

• 24 Declaration on the urgent preservation of high mountain wetlands in Latin America

• 67 Living in harmony with rivers through the rights of nature and ecocentric law

• 112 Scaling collaborative action for threatened freshwater fishes through ex situ conservation