8. Credit: Mark Edwards / WWF-Canon Man collecting freshwater. Jakarta, Java, Indonesia.
9. Credit: Yifei ZHANG / WWF-Canon ...a way of life... Boy angling in Huayanxi National Park in Changde City, Hunan Province, China
10. Credit: Sandra Mbanefo Obiago / WWF-Canon A lone fisherman paddles homewards on Lake Malawi, Malawi
11. Credit Credit: Tantyo Bangun / WWF-Canon A freshwater catfish that has just been caught. Kayan Mentarang National Park, Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia
12. Credit: Edward Parker / WWF-Canon ...in need of care A scientist testing wetland pools to monitor changes in pH Cuatrocienigas Chihuahua Desert, Mexico
13. Credit: Hartmut Jungius / WWF-Canon Dr. Rimma Andronova, Director of the Crane Reintroduction Centre in the Khingansky Zapovednik (Strict Nature Reserve). Amur floodplain. Far East. Russian Federation
14. Credit: Brent Stirton / Getty Images / WWF-UK Zhang Shenyuan works with WWF to manage the wetland at the Yangchai Lake Management Station. Lake Hong, China.
15. Credit: Michèle Dépraz / WWF-Canon ...too often taken for granted Irrigation of corn fields near Dunakiliti in the Danube floodplain is of great concern. Szigetkozi Nature Reserve, Hungary
16. Credit: Michel Gunther / WWF-Canon Dam that will be replaced by the new Three Gorges dam. Yangtze River, Yiachang. China
17. Credit: Adam Oswell / WWF-Canon Cracked, dry earth is all that is left in many of the rivers and creeks as a result of extreme drought conditions. Marsden District, Western NSW. Australia.
18. Credit: Frank PARHIZGAR / WWF-Canada Water...cherish every precious drop. panda.org/freshwater