| Aspect | Details |
|---|---|
| Event | IUCN's First Gharial Green Status Assessment |
| Species | Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) |
| Assessment Classification | "Critically Depleted" |
| Current Population | Approximately 681 adult gharials, with 80% residing in the Chambal River |
| Primary Habitat | Chambal River (spanning 500 km across Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan) |
| Key Protected Area | Chambal Sanctuary (established in 1979), the only site with viable gharial breeding population |
| Other Key Species | Ganges River dolphin, red-crowned roof turtle |
| Population Survival | Only 0.5% of young gharials survive to adulthood (WWF India report) |
| Historical Range | Ganga, Brahmaputra, Mahanadi, Indus, and Irrawaddy river systems |
| Decline Causes | Sand mining, hunting for skins, egg collection, construction of dams and barrages |
| Historical Decline | Disappeared from nearly 98% of its historic range by the 1970s |
| IUCN Green Status | Assesses progress toward full ecological recovery, unlike the Red List which focuses on extinction risk |
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