The United Nations just named India's Ganges river dolphin recovery a world restoration flagship

The Ganges river dolphin — a blind, endangered freshwater dolphin known locally as the susu, and India's national aquatic animal — has powerful new backing. A UN Environment Programme report, 'Nature's Comeback,' has recognised India's dolphin recovery programme as one of 35 UN World Restoration Flagships: model projects for reviving damaged ecosystems. The work follows a Comprehensive Action Plan running from 2022 to 2047, and it leans on riverside communities — fishing families and young 'Ganga Praharis,' or river guardians, who watch over the dolphins, help rescues, and earn livelihoods from a living river.

SDG 15 · Life on land — Mechanism: institutional program