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Title Year Authors Category Conservation Measure
World Bank Environmental and Social Framework 2016 World Bank Manual
Boat-based tourism and bottlenose dolphins in Doubtful Sound, New Zealand: The role of management in decreasing dolphin-boat interactions 2016 Guerra M. Peer-reviewed journal article
Vessel Quieting Design, Technology, and Maintenance Options for Potential Inclusion in EcoAction Program Enhancing Cetacean Habitat and Observation Program 2016 Vancouver Fraser Port Authority Report, Government
PCB pollution continues to impact populations of orcas and other dolphins in European waters 2016 Jepson, P. D. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Embracing conservation success of recovering humpback whale populations: Evaluating the case for downlisting their conservation status in Australia. 2016 Bejder, M. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Searching for trends in river dolphin abundance: Designing surveys for looming threats, and evidence for opposing trends of two species in the Colombian Amazon 2016 Williams R. Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
Large scale degradation of Amazonian freshwater ecosystems 2016 Castello L Peer-reviewed journal article
Technique adopted to rescue and rehabilitate Ganges river dolphin, Platanista Gangetica Gangetica (Roxburg, 1801) from Donk River at Kishanganj District of Bihar, India. 2016 Sen, A. Peer-reviewed journal article Safe rescue, handling and release
Good Practice Manual on Inland Water-way Maintenance. Focus: Fairway maintenance of free-flowing rivers. Final Report, Platina-2 project deliverable D4.6. 2016 PLATINA-2 Report, Government
Seasonal movement of Amazon River dolphins (Inia geoffrensis) in a protected floodplain 2016 Mintzer, V.J. Peer-reviewed journal article Protected Areas
Searching for trends in river dolphin abundance: Designing surveys for looming threats, and evidence for opposing trends of two species in the Colombian Amazon 2016 Williams, R. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Abundance of the Bolivian River Dolphin (Inia boliviensis) in Mamore River, Upper Madeira Basin 2016 Guizada, L. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Ecology and Conservation of Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) in the Karnali River, Nepal 2015 Khanal, G. Report, NGO Species knowledge and understanding
Population Monitoring of the Critically Endangered Mekong Dolphin Based on Rark-Resight Models 2015 WWF Report, NGO Research and monitoring
Integrated Management Plan for the Three Wildlife Sanctuaries for Freshwater Dolphins in the Eastern Sundarbans Reserved Forest, Bangladesh 2015 Bangladesh Forest Department Conservation Plan Conservation Action Plan
Agora sob nova administração: acordos de pesca nas várzeas da Amazônia Brasilieira (“Under New Admnistration: Fisheries Agreements in the Brazilian Amazon Floodplains”) 2015 Oviedo, A.F.P Peer-reviewed journal article Fish ladders
Status and distribution of the Ganges river dolphin, Platanista gangetica in river Burigonga during 2003-2004 and its conservation 2015 Alam, S. M. I. Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
National Water Reserves Program in Mexico. Experiences with Environmental Flows and the Allocation of Water for the Environment. 2015 Barrios Ordóñez, E. Report, Government Freeflowing rivers/ environmental flows
One species or two? Vicariance, lineage divergence and low mtDNA diversity in geographically isolated populations of south Asian river dolphin 2015 Braulik, G. T. Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
Review of status, threats, and conservation management optiojns for the endangered Indus River blind dolphin 2015 Braulik, G. T. Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding