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Title Year Authors Category Conservation Measure
Integrated terrestrial-freshwater planning doubles conservation of tropical aquatic species 2020 Leal, C.G Peer-reviewed journal article Protected Areas
System-scale planning to support sustainable energy systems and conservation of freshwater resources for people and nature 2020 Martin, E. Report, Government Water management
Repeated downsweep vocalizations of the Araguaian river dolphin, Inia araguaiaensis 2020 Melo-Santos, G. Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
Phylogenetic Relationships of Platanistoid River Dolphins 2020 Messenger, S. L. Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
Riverine plastic pollution from fisheries: Insights from the Ganges River system 2020 Nelms, S. E. Peer-reviewed journal article Fisheries management
Improving river dolphin monitoring using aerial surveys 2020 Oliveira, J. S. F. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Factors affecting the persistence of endangered Ganges river dolphins (Platanista gangetica gangetica) 2020 Paudel S. Peer-reviewed journal article Multiple conservation measures
Seasonal flow dynamics exacerbate overlap between artisanal fisheries and imperiled Ganges River dolphins 2020 Paudel S. Peer-reviewed journal article Fisheries management
In-stream habitat availability for river dolphins in response to flow: use of ecological integrity to manage river flows 2020 Paudel, S. Peer-reviewed journal article Freeflowing rivers/ environmental flows
Ecological responses to flow variation inform river dolphin conservation 2020 Paudel, S. Peer-reviewed journal article Freeflowing rivers/ environmental flows
Draft EIA Notification 2020-Dilutes EIA process & encourages violations 2020 Pradhan, A. Report, NGO Water management
Gangetic dolphin deaths in 2020 2020 Rawat, Bhim Singh Report, NGO Patrols/ law enforcement
2016 Status, distribution, threats, and conservation of the Ganges River Dolphin Platanista gangetica in NepaL 2020 Shah DN. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Assessing the impact of large barrages on habitat of the Ganga river dolphin. 2020 Sonkar, G. K. Peer-reviewed journal article Water management
Draft EIA Notification 2020 2020 MoEF, Government of India Report, Government Water management
Paani Program-System scale planning to support sustainable energy systems and conservation of freshwater resources for people and nature 2020 USAID Report, Government Water management
On the brink of isolation: Population estimates of the Araguaian river dolphin in a human-impacted region in Brazil 2020 Paschoalini, M Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
Underwater noise pollution in China’s Yangtze River critically endangers Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) 2020 Wang, Z. T. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Impact on endangered Gangetic dolphins due to construction of waterways on the river Ganga, India: an overview 2020 Aggarwal, D Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Species distribution modelling of Bryde’s whales, humpback whales, southern right whales, and sperm whales in the southern African region to inform their conservation in expanding economies 2020 Purdon, J. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring