A webinar was on “Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on the ecosystem health of rivers and its dolphin population was organised on August 25, 2020.
Besides India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal representatives also participated in this webinar. The rich discussion would be very helpful in developing contours of the ‘Project Dolphin’ in India.
River Dolphin is a unique species found mainly in rivers of Asia and South America are vanishing rapidly.
Gangetic Dolphin, the national aquatic animal of India has been declared endangered by International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Fishery conservation efforts under NamamiGange through CIFRI would improve prey base in Dolphin habitat leading to enhanced Dolphin population.
Sunderban delta is an unique ecological space where Gangetic as well as Irrawaddy Dolphin are present, spread over India as well as Bangladesh.
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