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Fishing down invasive alien fish species in Lake Mahalona, Malili Lakes, Sulawesi
Together with Synchronicity Earth and Shoal, the IUCN Biodiversity Assessment and Knowledge Team provided support and advice to Yayasan Bumi Sawerigading (YBS) in their efforts to fish down invasive alien fish species (Louhan and Nila) in Lake Mahalona (Malili Lakes, Sulawesi), as well as to conduct a diet analysis of these two primary invasive alien fish species, and further investigate alternative uses of Louhan.
Potential conservation benefits in saving biodiversity
Potential reduction of species extinction risk resulting from threat abatement actions
The chart below represents the relative disaggregation of the selected contribution's total potential opportunity for reducing global species extinction risk through taking actions to abate different threats to species within its boundaries. The percentages refer to the amount of the total opportunity that could potentially be achieved through abating that particular threat.