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Title Year Authors Category Conservation Measure
Taxonomic revision of the South Asian River dolphins (Platanista): Indus and Ganges River dolphins are separate species 2021 Braulik, G. T., I. Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
Home range and movements of Amazon river dolphins Inia geoffrensis in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins 2021 Mosquera-Guerra, F. Peer-reviewed journal article Protected Areas, Regional collaboration, Research and monitoring
Unveiling the Conservation Status of Inia and Sotalia in the Brazilian Northeastern Amazon 2021 Marmontel, M. Peer-reviewed journal article
Recent cetacean taxonomic changes and conservation action 2021 Braulik, G.T. Popular article Species knowledge and understanding
Gear modifications reduced humpack whale entaglments in a commerical rock lobster fishery 2021 Jason R. How Peer-reviewed journal article Fisheries management
Highly divergent herpesviruses in threatened river dolphins 2021 Exposto Novoselecki, H. Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
Dolphin Conservation Action Plan 2021-2025 Nepal 2021 Government of Nepal, Ministry of Forests and Environment Conservation Plan, Report, Government
Delving deep into unheard waters: new types of low frequency pulsed sounds described for the boto (Inia geoffrensis)” 2021 de Melo, J.F. Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
Strategic Environmental Assessment for sustainable development of the hydropower sector 2021 Kolhoff, A. Report Water management
Home range and movements of Amazon river dolphins Inia geoffrensis in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins 2021 Mosquera-Guerra, F. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Aggression towards neonates and possible infanticide in the boto, or Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) 2021 da Silva, V.M.F. Peer-reviewed journal article
Riverside underwater noise pollution threaten porpoises and fish along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, China 2021 Zhi-Tao Wang Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Highly divergent herpesviruses in threatened river dolphins from Brazil 2021 Exposto Novoselecki, H. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Status of Ganges River Dolphins, Threats, and Best Practices for conservation 2021 2021 Qureshi, Q. Report, Government Conservation Action Plan
Mota FIsheries in Peruvian Amazon 2021 WWF Peru Fact sheet Fisheries management
Conservation Assured | River Dolphin Standards CA|RDS 2021 WWF Report Protected Areas, Multiple conservation measures
Report of the Trinational workshop on the Irrawaddy Dolphin, 1st to 4th December 2020 2021 Khan, U. Workshop report Multiple conservation measures
The Use of Barriers to Limit the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Animal Species: A Global Review 2021 Jones, P. E. Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
Who shapes the environmental policy in the global south? Unpacking the reality of Nepal 2021 Aryal, k. Peer-reviewed journal article Patrols/ law enforcement
Mitigating the effect of shipping on freshwater cetaceans: The case study of the Yangtze finless porpoise 2021 Mei, Zhigang Peer-reviewed journal article Acoustic deterrents/Pingers