Principal Investigator: Dr Uzma Khan, WWF Pakistan
Funding year: 2016
Main objectives:
Main outcomes:
Reports/Papers:
Aisha, H., Braulik, G., Khan, U., Leslie, A. and Nawaz, R. (2017). Indus River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor) - an update on the current population assessment and conservation challenges. Submitted to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission, Bled, Slovenia, 2017. SC/67A/SM/22.
The habitat of the Indus river dolphin has been reduced to one fifth of its historical range. Image: WWF-Pakistan
Map indicating abundance estimates of Indus river dolphin in the four sub-populations
The survey team. Image: WWF-Pakistan
The Indus river dolphin is a freshwater cetacean, endemic to the Indus River system. Image: WWF-Pakistan
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