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Platanista gangetica ssp. gangetica

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List of Habitats:
5 Wetlands (inland)
5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)
5.6 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)
9 Marine Neritic
9.10 Marine Neritic - Estuaries
15 Artificial/Aquatic & Marine
15.1 Artificial/Aquatic - Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)
List of Conservation Actions:
2 Land/water management
2.1 Site/area management (in place)
5 Law & policy
5.4 Compliance and enforcement
5.4.2 National level (in place)
List of Threats:
4 Transportation & service corridors
4.1 Roads & railroads
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)
9 Pollution
9.2 Industrial & military effluents
9.2.3 Type Unknown/Unrecorded
9.3 Agricultural & forestry effluents
9.3.4 Type Unknown/Unrecorded
Citation: Smith, B.D., Braulik, G.T. & Sinha, R. 2012. Platanista gangetica ssp. gangetica. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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