Quarter of freshwater animals at risk of extinction, conservationists warn

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Rivers, lakes, streams and freshwater wetlands are a key habitat, supporting more than a tenth of all known species, including around a third of vertebrates and half of animals, even though they cover less than 1% of the surface of the Earth, conservationists warned.

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