This study is a reference for understanding the amount, priority
level, and location of the territory that corresponds to freshwater ecosystems
important for conservation, and it is the first in a megadiverse
country that incorporates SCP strategies to identify priority areas for
conservation in order to guide management strategies and actions at
the national, regional, and state levels. This exercise corresponds to a
comprehensive effort to compile themost current biodiversity and environmental
datasets for freshwater and associated ecosystems to which
colleagues from academic, governmental, and non-governmental sectors
have contributed.