51. WWF - Yangtze River & Lakes
mammals - the Chinese river dolphin ( Lipotes vexillifer ), and Yangtze finless porpoise ( Neophocaena phocaenoides ) are of special concern as they are threatened by pollution, habitat destruction, and fishing operations.
The river dolphin,
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/yangtze_river_lakes.cfm - 42.5kb
52. WWF - Mediterranean Sea
macrocephalus , Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba , Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus , long finned Pilot whale Globicephala melas , Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus , Common dolphin Delphinus delphis , Cuvier's beaked whale
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/mediterranean_sea.cfm - 48.0kb
53. WWF - Sulu-Sulawesi Seas
from these 2 seas - spinner dolphin ( Stenella longirostris ), spotted dolphin ( Stenella atterruata ), bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus ), Risso's dolphin ( Grampus griscus ), Fraser's dolphin ( Lagenodelphis hosei ), short-finned pilot
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/sulu_sulawesi_seas.cfm - 41.6kb
54. WWF - Counting dolphins, critical to preserve health of South American rivers
Suddenly, a powder-pink dolphin jumps and dives in an elegant arc.
This is the 11th expedition to count river dolphins in South America, a critical way to assess not only the dolphins’ numbers, but also the health of rivers and
http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_offices/bolivia/?194831/Counting-dolphins-critical-to-preserve-health-of-South-American-rivers - 55.7kb
55. WWF - Counting dolphins, critical to preserve health of South American rivers
Suddenly, a powder-pink dolphin jumps and dives in an elegant arc.
This is the 11th expedition to count river dolphins in South America, a critical way to assess not only the dolphins’ numbers, but also the health of rivers and
http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_offices/colombia/?194831/Counting-dolphins-critical-to-preserve-health-of-South-American-rivers - 55.5kb
56. WWF - Indus Delta, Pakistan
missions where individual dolphins find themselves trapped in canals.
Other threatened river dolphins include the Ganges river dolphin ( Platanista gangetica ), Yangtze river dolphin ( Lipotes vexillifer ) and Amazon river dolphin ( Inia
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/indus_delta/ - 45.5kb
57. WWF - Argentina Marine Programme
bycatch of the Franciscana dolphin in the gill net fisheries. During 3 years FVSA and AquaMarina monitored the movement pattern of Franciscanas. Impact: The change in gear and practice required to mitigate Franciscana dolphin bycatch is
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/project/projects/?uProjectID=AR0856 - 47.3kb
58. WWF - IWC leadership needed for whale conservation
severe threats to whales, dolphins and porpoises from expanding shipping, offshore oil and gas, entanglement in fishing gear, and noise in the oceans.
The marine environment has never before been under such great pressure, and several whale,
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/how_we_work/conservation/marine/?200966/IWC-leadership-needed-for-whale-conservation - 53.2kb
59. WWF - Great Barrier Reef
( Orcinus orca ), Bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus ), Irrawaddy river dolphin ( Orcaella brevirostris ), Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin ( Sousa chinensis ), and the Spinner dolphin ( Stenella longirostris ).
Threats
Eutrophication,
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/great_barrier_reef.cfm - 42.0kb
60. WWF - Seismic work suspended in Brahmaputra, India
behavioral patterns of the dolphins through acoustics. Inputs from such research work should be incorporated in the EIA process.
The population of the Ganges river dolphin is already under severe threat due to poaching, unregulated fishing of
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/about_freshwater/freshwater_news/?uNewsID=85300 - 49.2kb
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