Socio-economic factors threatening the survival of Ganges River Dolphin Platanista gangetica gangetica in the upper Ganges River, India
posted by Gange
on Sat, 04/20/2013 - 13:56
The Ganges is an importance source of supporting wildlife in India.According to a study conducted by Tawqir Bashir et al (2010), The Ganges supports about 8% of the world’s population living in its catchments (Newby 1998), directly or indirectly depending on it for their livelihood. As a result, the Ganges River Dolphin Platanista gangetica gangetica - one among the two subspecies of Platanista gangetica (the other being the Indus River Dolphin P. gangetica minor inhabiting Indus River), comes into direct competition with people either for food (fish) or space or indirectly faces threats due to pollution'
Ganga facts
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The ganga is a life supporting system and it's well being will determine quality of life of millions of people living along places along its bank. The conflicting intersts of modern society is responsible for its pollution and other ecological problems.The Ganges provides countless benifits to us ranging from food to salvation. It is duty of everyone of protect this National river of India. Well being of the Ganga is an absolute indicator of environmental well being of India. |