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Title Year Authors Category Conservation Measure
World’s Large Rivers Initiative (WLRI) UNESCO Chair on ‘Integrated River Research and Management’ at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria IHP/IC-XXIII/Ref 9 Rev 2014 Habersack Conference proceedings Research and monitoring
The Minamata Convention on Mercury and its implementation in the Latin America and Caribbean region 2014 Santana, V. Report, Government Regional/ International collaboration
Procedures for establishing and managing IUCN-supported Independent Scientific & Technical Advisory Panels 2014 IUCN Manual Regional/ International collaboration
Clicks, whistles and pulses: Passive and active signal use in dolphin communication. 2014 Herzing, D. L. Peer-reviewed journal article
Perverse incentives in fishery management: The case of the defeso in the Brazilian Amazon. 2014 Corrêa, M. A. d. A. Peer-reviewed journal article Fisheries management
Attitudes and behaviors toward Amazon River dolphins (Inia geoffrensis) in a sustainable use protected area 2014 Mintzer, V.J. Peer-reviewed journal article Protected Areas, Community management
Diagnóstico del estado de conocimiento y conservación de los mamíferos acuáticos en Colombia. Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible, Fundación Omacha, Conservación Inter nacional y WWF. Bogotá 2013 Trujillo, F Conservation Plan Conservation Action Plan
Plan de Acción para la Conservación de los Mamíferos Acuáticos de la Amazonía Ecuatoriana 2013 Utreras, V Conservation Plan Conservation Action Plan
Decadal Change in the Surface Water Salinity Profile of Indian Sundarbans: A Potential Indicator of Climate Change. 2013 Banerjee K Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Integrated River Dolphin Conservation for Sustainable Ecosystem Services in the Brahmaputra River 2013 Bhattacharya, G. Report, NGO Community management
The Gangetic dolphins plead for mercy 2013 Garg, A. Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
The next frontier of hydropower sustainability: planning at the system scale 2013 Hartmann, J Report, NGO Freeflowing rivers/ environmental flows
Word Heritage Advice Note: Environmental Assessment 2013 IUCN World Heritage program Report, Government Protected Areas
Clicking in shallow rivers: short-range echolocation of Irrawaddy and Ganges river dolphins in a shallow, acoustically complex habitat 2013 Jensen, F. H. Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
Final report to the New England Aquarium on pinger displacement trials for Ganges River dolphins Platanista gangetica in the Sundarbans mangrove forest, Bangladesh 2013 Smith, B. D. Report, NGO Acoustic deterrents/Pingers
Can local ecological knowledge be used to assess status and extinction drivers in a threatened freshwater cetacean? 2013 Turvey, S. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Neophocaena asiaeorientalis ssp. asiaeorientalis, Yangtze Finless Porpoise 2013 Wang, D. Peer-reviewed journal article Regional/ International collaboration
Dredging displaces bottlenose dolphins from an urbanised foraging patch 2013 Pirotta, E Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Diel changes in the movement patterns of Ganges River dolphins monitored using stationed stereo acoustic data loggers 2013 Sasaki‐Yamamoto, Y. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Distribution patterns of Yangtze finless porpoises in the Yangtze River: implications for reserve management 2013 Zhao, X. Peer-reviewed journal article Protected Areas