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Lipotes vexillifer

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List of Habitats:
5 Wetlands (inland)
5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)
5.5 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)
List of Conservation Actions:
1 Land/water protection
1.1 Site/area protection (in place)
1.2 Resource & habitat protection (in place)
2 Land/water management
2.1 Site/area management (in place)
3 Species management
3.2 Species recovery (in place)
3.4 Ex-situ conservation
3.4.1 Captive breeding/artificial propagation (in place)
4 Education & awareness
4.2 Training (in place)
4.3 Awareness & communications (in place)
5 Law & policy
5.4 Compliance and enforcement
5.4.2 National level (in place)
5.4.3 Sub-national level (in place)
6 Livelihood, economic & other incentives
6.1 Linked enterprises & livelihood alternatives (in place)
List of Threats:
1 Residential & commercial development
1.1 Housing & urban areas
1.2 Commercial & industrial areas
2 Agriculture & aquaculture
2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops
2.1.3 Agro-industry farming
4 Transportation & service corridors
4.3 Shipping lanes
5 Biological resource use
5.4 Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources
5.4.1 Intentional use: (subsistence/small scale)
5.4.4 Unintentional effects: (large scale)
7 Natural system modifications
7.2 Dams & water management/use
7.2.11 Dams (size unknown)
8 Invasive & other problematic species & genes
8.2 Problematic native species
9 Pollution
9.1 Domestic & urban waste water
9.1.3 Type Unknown/Unrecorded
9.2 Industrial & military effluents
9.2.3 Type Unknown/Unrecorded
9.3 Agricultural & forestry effluents
9.3.2 Soil erosion, sedimentation
9.3.4 Type Unknown/Unrecorded
9.6 Excess energy
9.6.3 Noise pollution
Citation: Smith, B.D., Zhou, K., Wang, D., Reeves, R.R., Barlow, J., Taylor, B.L. & Pitman, R. 2008. Lipotes vexillifer. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 June 2013.
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