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, planni ng 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. ...read more read less