Protecting the Amazon’s swimways

WWF and partners reviewed the use of more than 200,000 miles of Amazonian rivers by long-distance migratory fish and turtle species and river dolphins to map the most important routes.WWF, along with scientists from several organizations and academia, conducted a review of the use of more than 200,000 miles of Amazonian rivers by long-distance migratory fish and turtle species and river dolphins to develop a map of the most important routes or freshwater connectivity corridors, also known as swimways.