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Title Year Authors Category Conservation Measure
Simplified Resource Manual to Support Application of the Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment 2012 UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE Report, Government Multiple conservation measures
A quantitative assessment of fish passage efficiency 2012 Noonan, M.J. Peer-reviewed journal article Fish ladders
Etho-ecological study of the Amazon River dolphin, Inia geoffrensis (Cetacea: Iniidae), and the dolphins of the genus Sotalia (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in Guamá River, Amazonia. 2012 Santos, G.M.A. Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
River cetaceans and habitat change: generalist resilience or specialist vulnerability? 2012 Smith, B. D. Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
Population, density estimates, and conservation of river dolphins (Inia and Sotalia) in the Amazon and Orinoco river sins 2012 Gomez‐Salazar, C. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Botos (Inia geoffrensis) in the upper reaches of the Tocantins River (central Brazil) with observations of unusual behavior, including object carrying 2012 Araújo, C.C. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
River dolphins as indicators of ecosystem degradation in large tropical rivers 2012 Gomez-Salazar, C Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
The growth of ‘botos feeding tourism’, a new tourism industry based on the boto (Amazon river dolphin) Inia geoffrensis in the Amazonas State, Brazil 2012 Alves, L. C. P. Peer-reviewed journal article Community management
Conflicts between river dolphins (Cetacea: Odontoceti) and fisheries in the Central Amazon: a path toward tragedy? 2012 Alves, L. C. P. D. S. Peer-reviewed journal article Fisheries management
River Dolphins Can Act as Population Trend Indicators in Degraded Freshwater Systems. 2012 Turvey, S.T. Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
Effects of the grain-for-green programme on soil erosion in China 2012 Deng, L. Peer-reviewed journal article Water management
River dolphin distribution in regulated river systems: implications for dry-season flow regimes in the Gangetic basin 2012 Choudhary, S Peer-reviewed journal article Freeflowing rivers/ environmental flows
Status of Higher Aquatic Vertebrates in the Ganga River 2012 Indian Institutes of Technology Report, Government Research and monitoring
Conservation of Indus River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor) in the Indus River system, Pakistan: an overview. 2012 Waqas, U. Peer-reviewed journal article
Protected areas and local communities: an inevitable partnership toward successful conservation strategies? 2012 Andrade, G. S. M Peer-reviewed journal article Community management
Trading-off fish biodiversity, food security, and hydropower in the Mekong River basin. 2012 Ziv G. Peer-reviewed journal article
Factors determining occupancy of Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) during differing river discharges in the upper Ganges, India. 2012 Bashir, T. Peer-reviewed journal article
Distribución y estado poblacional del Bufeo boliviano (Inia boliviensis) en cuatro tributarios de la subcuenca del Río Mamore 2012 Aliaga-Rossel E.
El delfín de río en Bolivia 2012 Aliaga – Rossel, E Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
Studies on river health of the subansiri with special reference to Dolphin, Platanista gangetica gangetica: A pre dam investigation of Lower Subansiri hydroelectric project 2011 Hazarika, L. P. Thesis Freeflowing rivers/ environmental flows