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"Extinct" white-flag dolphin spotted in Yangtze River  -  Aug 31, 2007
央视国际The number of the white flag Dolphin decreased sharply in the past couple of decades. With this discovery, protecting the species remains an important task.

Scientists divided over whether white-flag dolphin is extinct_Sci&Tech...  -  Dec 14, 2006
China Economic NetScientists are divided over whether to declare the Yangtze River's white-flag dolphin extinct after ending a 38-day search that found no trace of the animal ...

Rare Yangtze dolphin may be extinct  -  Dec 5, 2006
한겨레The rare white-flag dolphin, called baiji, has seemingly disappeared from the Yangtze River, its only habitat. If true, the estimated three-million-year-old ...

Search Mission For Baiji, or White Flag Dolphin, Continues Despite...  -  Dec 18, 2006
Spotlighting NewsThe search mission for a dolphin species in the Yangtze River, continues despite having found none for 38 days, Xinhua announced. Due to extensive fishing, ...

New measures taken to protect endangered species  -  Sep 18, 2007
央视国际One recent example is the white flag dolphin. It has lived in the Yangtze River for millions of years. But its number has decreased sharply in the last two ...

Chinese river dolphin 'nearing extinction'  -  Dec 2, 2006
NEWS.com.auSCIENTISTS who spent nearly a month in a fruitless search for a Chinese river dolphin that is more endangered than the Giant Panda say there may be no more ...

Search for white-flag dolphins will continue  -  Dec 17, 2006
中国日报WUHAN - Chinese scientists said they will continue to search for the rare white-flag dolphin although it is possibly extinct as a 38-day search failed to ...

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Hope Fades for Yangtze River Dolphins  -  Nov 23, 2006
china.org.cnHope is fading for China 's rare Yangtze River 'white-flag' dolphin after an international expedition failed to find one of the mammals after almost two ...

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Call 1-800-315-1607 .  -  Aug 30, 2007
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Google News ArchiveThe white flag dolphin survived for millions of years but was declared effectively extinct in December after a fruitless six-week search of its Yangtze ...

CAS to Look into White-flag Dolphins in Yangtze River  -  Dec 30, 2005
china.org.cnChina will launch a thorough investigation into white-flag dolphins in the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River in 2006, according to a researcher with ...

Caution remains despite announced success on endangered sturgeon  -  Oct 25, 2009
People's Daily OnlineSome Chinese fisheries scientists remained cautious on the fate of the Chinese sturgeon while a group of experts gave applause Saturday towards the ...

Plants and Animals in China  -  Sep 3, 2007
china.org.cnChina is one of the countries with the greatest diversity of wildlife in the world. There are more than 6266 species of vertebrates, 10 percent of the ...

International Expedition to Track Rare Dolphins  -  Nov 7, 2006
china.org.cnA team of 25 scientists from six countries including China and the United States started an expedition on Monday along the Yangtze River for white-flag ...

Article: Dolphin Thought Extinct Spotted in China - AP Online |...  -  Aug 29, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam ResearchThe white flag dolphin survived for millions of years but was declared effectively extinct in December after a fruitless six-week search of its Yangtze ...

Yangtze finless porpoises decrease by 7.3% in China  -  Dec 16, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Industry Updates - Factiva, from Dow Jones..."We do research on porpoises' living situation every year at some key reaches of the Yangtze since the early 1980s, and find that the number of Yangtze ...

Aquatic Resources on Yangtze River on Decline  -  Sep 29, 2006
CRIENGLISH.comPollution and over-fishing in China's longest river, the Yangtze, have led to a dramatic depletion of aquatic life in the nation's mother river, ...

Baby finless porpoise doing well at C China aquarium  -  Mar 7, 2007
EastDay.comThe baby finless porpoise born a month ago at the Wuhan-based Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is doing fine, according to a ...

Baby finless porpoise doing well at C China aquarium_Sci&Tech—China …  -  Jul 3, 2007
China Economic NetThe baby finless porpoise born a month ago at the Wuhan-based Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is doing fine, according to a ...

Yangtze River still suffocating from waste water discharges  -  Dec 7, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Industry Updates - Factiva, from Dow JonesMore waste water was discharged into the Yangtze River - China's longest, in 2005 than the previous year, according to a government report. ...

SCIENCE FILE / Science in Brief; Extinct white dolphin may still be...  -  Sep 1, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest ArchiverAcademy of Sciences, said a man saw and shot a video of what appeared to be a baiji, or white flag dolphin, in central China's Anhui province Aug. 19. ...

Scientists feed baby finless porpoise after mother's death  -  Jul 20, 2007
The HinduWuhan, July 20 (Xinhua): The mother of the second finless porpoise to be born in captivity in China has died, forcing Chinese scientists to feed the ...

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Yangtze Finless Porpoises Halve in 15 Years  -  Dec 13, 2006
CRIENGLISH.comThe population of an endangered subspecies of the finless porpoise has halved over the past 15 years, according to scientists who have spent the last 38 ...

Tourism Program May Save Endangered Yangtze Species  -  Jan 24, 2007
CRIENGLISH.comA Chinese scientist has submitted a proposal to the State Council to launch a finless porpoise tourism project on the Yangtze River , similar to ...

Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About...  -  Apr 18, 2007
조선�보 - 조선�보(�문�)A report on China's Yangtze River, the longest in China, says human activity has caused irreversible damage and severe pollution to the river and its ...

Conservation center built for rare fish in Yangtze River  -  Jun 15, 2008
china.org.cnChina has set up a conservation and research center for rare fish in the Yangtze River. The center, covering 1.3 hectares in Jiangyin City in the eastern ...

Chinese seabird on 'verge of extinction' - World environment-...  -  Sep 21, 2007
msnbc.comThe baiji, or white flag dolphin, survived for millions of years but was declared extinct in December. Around 400 baiji were believed to be living in the ...

Programme to preserve aquatic biodiversity  -  Mar 1, 2006
中国日报By Jiang Zhuqing (China Daily). After decades of pollution and excessive fishing, China has determined to protect its aquatic organism resources, ...

Environment - Working with nature.  -  Mar 23, 2005
Pay-Per-View - International Water Power and Dam... - Factiva, from Dow JonesAn eco-system-based approach to river management is needed for the Yangtze river basin, says the WWF. With a length of 6378km, the Yangtze river is the ...

WEIRD BUT TRUE  -  Dec 18, 2006
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Sharing Lessons Learned Protects the World's Great Rivers  -  Apr 18, 2007
Environment News ServiceARLINGTON, Virginia, April 18, 2007 (ENS) - Flowing through eight countries of southern Africa, the Zambezi River faces competing demands for water from ...

First-ever precise data on Yangtze water quality  -  May 11, 2007
innovations reportFor the first time, a team including foreign scientists has been authorized by the Chinese government to study water quality on the lower reaches of the ...

'Extinct' dolphin spotted ; World in brief | Article from Evening...  -  Aug 30, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Evening Standard - London - HighBeam ResearchMr Wang said the video appears to be of a white flag dolphin or baiji in central China but added that he could not be certain because it was filmed from ...

First-ever precise data on Yangtze water quality  -  Nov 3, 2007
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First-Ever Precise Data On Yangtze Water Quality  -  Nov 8, 2007
sciencedaily.comScienceDaily (Nov. 8, 2007) — For the first time, a team including foreign scientists has been authorized by the Chinese government to study water quality ...

Yangtze Water Environment Deteriorating  -  Apr 15, 2007
CRIENGLISH.comThe first annual health report on the Yangtze River indicates that the billions of tons of waste that continue to be dumped into China's longest waterway ...

Chinese Paddlefish Dies in Illegal Fishing  -  Jan 12, 2007
CRIENGLISH.comA Chinese paddlefish has died from injuries inflicted by two illegal fishing boats in central China 's Hubei province, local wild animal protection ...

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Chinese Seabird on Verge of Extinction | Article from AP Online | …  -  Sep 21, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam ResearchThe baiji, or white flag dolphin, survived for millions of years but was declared extinct in December. Around 400 baiji were believed to be living in the ...

Introducing China & its people.(WLT Kids)  -  Mar 1, 2006
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Article: Captive Yangtze Finless Porpoise Gives Birth To Second Cub...  -  Jun 3, 2007
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First-ever Precise Data On Yangtze Water Quality  -  Nov 5, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...declared the Yangtze River baiji, or white-flag dolphin, “functionally extinct� – a conclusion that caused dismay worldwide and especially in China.

Yangtze Dolphin Declared Extinct  -  Aug 8, 2007
eFluxMedia (press release)The white-flag dolphin is now officially the first cetacean on record to be driven to extinction by human activity like water pollution, as the dolphin has



Yangtze pollution puts drinking water at risk for millions  Sep 29, 2006
Twenty fish species are on the endangered list and the white-flag dolphin, found only in the Yangtze, is on the verge of extinction, it added. ... - China Post, [an error occurred while processing this directive]


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