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Title Year Authors Category Conservation Measure
China’s ‘Grain-to-Green’ plan fundamental to managing water and soil erosion 2003 WWF - China Website Water management
North Atlantic humpback whale abundance and rate of increase four decades after protection from whaling 2003 Stevick, P. T. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Molecular identification of evolutionarily significant units in the Amazon River dolphin Inia sp.(Cetacea: Iniidae). 2002 Banguera-Hinestroza, E. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Water pollution control in the Netherlands: policy and practice 2001 2002 Warmer, H. Report, Government Water management
Density and abundance of the Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris, in the Mahakam River of East Kalimantan, Indonesia: A comparison of survey techniques 2002 Kreb, D. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Distribution and abundance of the pink river dolphin, bufeo (Inia geoffrensis) in the Tijamuchi River, Beni-Bolivia 2002 Aliaga-Rossel, E. Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
Status, population abundance, strandings and rescues of Indus blind dolphin (Platanista minor) in River Indus (Pakistan) 2002 Bhaagat, H. B. Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
Concentration of Organochlorines in Gangetic river dolphins from Patna, Bihar 2002 Kumari, A. Peer-reviewed journal article Water management
Distribution and abundance of river dolphins in the Peruvian Amazon 2002 McGuire, T. L. Thesis Research and monitoring
MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS OF RIVER DOLPHINS INFERRED FROM COMPLETE MITOCHONDRIAL CYTOCHROME‐B GENE SEQUENCES. 2002 Yang, G. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
An alternative to dolphin oil as a fish attractant in the Ganges River system: conservation of the Ganges River dolphin 2002 Sinha, R.K. Peer-reviewed journal article Fisheries management
Evolution of river dolphins 2001 Hamilton, H. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
IUCN Red List categories and criteria: version 3.1. 2001 IUCN Manual Regional/ International collaboration
Introduction to Distance Sampling: Estimating Abundance of Biological Populations 2001 Buckland, S. T. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Predation and competition: the impact of fisheries on marine-mammal populations over the next one hundred years. 2001 DeMaster, D. P. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Status of the Ganges river dolphin or shushuk Platanista gangetica in Kaptai Lake and the southern rivers of Bangladesh. 2001 Smith, B. D. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Successful International Cooperation in the Rhine Catchment Area 2000 Dieperink, C Peer-reviewed journal article Regional/ International collaboration
Predictive habitat distribution models in ecology 2000 Guisan, A. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Biology and Conservation of freshwater cetaceans in Asia 2000 Reeves, R. R. Book Multiple conservation measures
Studies on the Ecology of the Gangetic River dolphin, Platanista gangetica (Roxburgh, 1801) in the Kulsi River of Assam 2000 Roy, S. Thesis Protected Areas