Climate shifts could leave many protected floodplains too dry

Floodplains face increasing pressure: currently protected areas will not be sufficient to preserve the species living in them in the future, a review study conducted under the direction of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) shows. According to the study, planning on a larger scale along river catchments is necessary to improve the connection between floodplains at the catchment level of rivers. The findings are published in the journal Nature Conservation.