Working with communities to conserve the Ganges river dolphin and the ecosystem

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Submitted by susan on Mon, 2007-01-01 23:15

WWF establishes a project in 2001 to involve local communities in aquatic biodiversity conservation with dolphins as flagship species. Farida village in Uttar Pradesh was selected as local communities were most backward and highly dependent on the river sources for livelihood thereby directly impacting dolphin habitat.

Publisher : 
WWF India
Author: 
Sandeep Kumar Behera
Place of Publication: 
New Delhi
Main Topic: 
Wildlife
Attachment(s): 
working with communities.pdf
thesaurus: 
Ganga
Dolphin
Wildlife
Wildlife Management
Environment Education
Public Participation
Uttar Pradesh
River Basin
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External URL: 
http://www.riversymposium.com/2007_Presentations/A4G_Behera.pdf
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Publication Date: 
01/01/2007