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Title Year Authors Category Conservation Measure
Meet the River Dolphins of the World 2019 WWF Fact sheet Species knowledge and understanding
Tucuxi River Dolphins 2019 WWF Fact sheet Species knowledge and understanding
Yangtze finless porpoise 2019 WWF Fact sheet Species knowledge and understanding
Secrets of the Amazon River Dolphin 2019 WWF Popular article Species knowledge and understanding
River dolphins at Risk 2019 WWF Brochure Fisheries management
Management Plan for the Ganges River Dolphin in Halda River of Bangladesh 2019 Khan, M. M. H. Conservation Plan Conservation Action Plan
Development of Conservation Action Plan for Ganges River Dolphin, Part II 2019 Qureshi, Q. Report, Government Conservation Action Plan
Conservation Action Plan for Ganges River Dolphin and Irrawaddy Dolphin of Bangladesh – Final Report 2019 Aziz, M. A. Conservation Plan Conservation Action Plan
Mercury in Populations of River Dolphins of the Amazon and Orinoco Basins 2019 Mosquera-Guerra, F. Conference proceedings Multiple conservation measures
Monitoring and assessment of heavy metal contamination in surface water and sediment of the Old Brahmaputra River, Bangladesh. 2019 Bhuyan, M.S Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Platanista gangetica, South Asian River Dolphin 2019 Braulik, G. Peer-reviewed journal article Regional/ International collaboration
Platanista gangetica. Amended version 2019 Braulik, G. Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
Bycatch ingillnet fisheries threatens CriticallyEndangeredsmall cetaceansand other aquaticmegafauna 2019 Brownell Jr. R.L. Peer-reviewed journal article Fisheries management
The endangered Ganges river dolphin heads towards local extinction in the Barak river system of Assam, India: A plea for conservation 2019 Choudhary, N. B. Peer-reviewed journal article Species knowledge and understanding
Interacting effects of vessel noise and shallow river depth elevate metabolic stress in Ganges river dolphins 2019 Dey, M. Peer-reviewed journal article Research and monitoring
Mapping the world’s free-flowing rivers 2019 Grill, G. Peer-reviewed journal article Freeflowing rivers/ environmental flows
Technical mitigation to reduce marine mammal bycatch and entanglement in commercial fishing gear: lessons learnt and future directions 2019 Hamilton, S. Peer-reviewed journal article Acoustic deterrents/Pingers
Whole mitochondrial genome Sequencing and analysis of Platanista gangetica. PhD thesis 2019 Jadhav, C. S. Thesis Species knowledge and understanding
Distribution and habitat status of Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) in Mohana river segment of Western Nepal 2019 Khatiwada, S. Peer-reviewed journal article Water management
National Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy (NIFAP) draft 2019 National Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy (NIFAP) draft Law/Regulation Fisheries management