Dolphins

The last call

[ Date: September 9, 2009 ]
Now you see it, now you don’t…….the game continued through out the two hour ride between my brother and me. The year was 1979- we were onboard a ferry plying from Kamalabari in Majuli  to Nimati Ghat – on either side of the Brahmaputra while  on a visit to Jorhat from Itanagar- the newly formed [...] ...
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Kukurmara: The dolphin beckons

[ Date: February 24, 2009 ]
View dolphins at Kukurmara near guwahati ...
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“Children of the River” at German Film Festival

[ Date: September 24, 2008 ]
A 29 minute documentary film on the highly endangered river dolphins of the Brahmaputra was selected for the Indian Film festival held at Stuttgart, Germany from July16-20, 2008. ...
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The River Dolphins (Xihus)

[ Date: July 19, 2008 ]
From: <FriendsofAssamNE@yahoogroups.com> Date: Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 6:52 PM Subject: [FriendsofAssamNE] Digest Number 824 To: FriendsofAssamNE@yahoogroups.com Congrats to Sanjoy Hazarika on another initiative………… the Xihus (river dolphins) are being presented in Germany. Some of us got a chance to see this documentary in Washington DC last year Sept… (http://www.c-nes.org/events/59.html) screened at the World Resource Institute. I sincerely hope [...] ...
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Children’s Summit (4 -5 June 2008)

[ Date: June 15, 2008 ]
Coinciding with the World Environment Day (June 5), C-NES organized a two day State Children’s Summit with the theme – “Save the river dolphin,” at Guwahati’s Shilpagram. For two days Guwahati played host to nearly 300 school children from across the state – more than half coming from remote villages. The idea behind organizing this [...] ...
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Assam fishermen successfully test alternative to dolphin oil

[ Date: June 3, 2007 ]
Guwahati, June 3 – In an effort to help the campaign to save the highly endangered Gangetic dolphins in the Brahmaputra and its tributaries, the city based Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) has initiated a process of training for local fishermen on alternative fish bait to dolphin oil. A team of [...] ...
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