Noise Pollution in the Ganga Is Stressing Its River Dolphins
Ferries and other vessels in the Ganga produce underwater noise that’s changing the echolocation behaviour of India’s national aquatic animal. >> read more …
Categorie: Gangesdolfijn
Oil spill threatens rare Bangladesh dolphin breeding zone
An oil spill on a river in southeast Bangladesh has threatened the breeding ground of the critically endangered Ganges dolphin, environmentalists said Sunday, describing it as a “major disaster” for the mammal. >> read more …
Aim to increase population of Ganges River dolphin by 2030
The current total population of the Gangetic Dolphin stands between 2500 to 3000, out of which more than 80 per cent inhabit the Ganga and its tributaries. >> read more …
Patrolling ordered on the Ganga in Bihar to conserve its dolphins
Patrolling of the Ganga has been ordered in Bihar after reports surfaced of local fishermen netting smaller fish that are the food supply of the endangered Gangetic Dolphin. >> read more …
Speed restrictions and sound alerts mooted for protection of dolphins
Restricting the speeds of vessels and blowing sirens and horns is how the Indian Ministry of Shipping plans to safeguard the population of the Ganges River Dolphin, in the country’s one dolphin reserve through which National Waterway-1 connecting Haldia to Varanasi passes. >> read more …
Gangetic dolphins found in Bihar’s Mahananda river
A population of endangered Gangetic river dolphins has been found for the first time in the Mahananda river, a tributary of the Ganga, in Bihar’s Kishanganj district. A team of scientists from Vikramshila Biodiversity Research and Education Centre (VBREC) of Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, spotted the 14 Gangetic river dolphins during a survey. >> read […]
Endangered dolphins disappearing from river in Bangladesh
A population of one of the world’s most endangered dolphins is under serious threat in the Halda River, Bangladesh. In the four month period up to February, 17 South Asian river dolphins (also known as the Ganges River dolphin) died in the river and experts are now calling for their home to be declared a sanctuary and proper […]
Blog over de Gangesdolfijn
The Tropical Dolphin Research Foundation (www.tropicaldolphin.org) just completed shooting for a documentary on the conservationists that work to preserve the Ganges river dolphin. You can follow this part of our project through our Blog from the field at http://theriverdolphin.blogspot.com