Using information from a number of major reports, such as the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, WWF set out to quantify the overall status of threat to major rivers on which people depend for water and livelihoods.

• 参考数篇重要的论文，像是《千禧年生态系统评估综合报告》后，该基金会将民生用水主要仰赖的各大河流面临的威胁进行了量化评估。