What is WDCS doing to save river dolphins?
For some 20 years, WDCS has continuously supported river dolphin conservation projects and initiatives run by local people in their own countries in South America and Asia. Following the catastrophic extinction of the baiji, WDCS is redoubling efforts to prevent the worlds surviving river dolphins following the baiji down the road to extinction. In 2008, WDCS supported an important South American regional river dolphin workshop which took place in Bolivia. The workshop brought together conservation biologists, educators, researchers and some policy makers working on river dolphin issues from all range states. The workshop has resulted in a regional action plan for river dolphin conservation. Follow up work is now being done to develop national river dolphin action plans for each country, to express in more detail actions and measures needed to protect river dolphins locally. WDCS is currently working with a number of non governmental groups (NGOs) and conservation biologists in South A
