The baiji.org foundation is a small network of specialists including scientists and freshwater conservation experts, staff at the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) in Wuhan, China, and project management and communications specialists.

The foundation unites know-how in research, conservation and consciousness-raising. Together with the IHB in Wuhan, the foundation promotes the conservation of Yangtze freshwater dolphins and the habitats in which they live – part of a greater mission to conserve the biodiversity of the entire Yangtze basin.

baiji.org’s first priority is to provide a platform for a new common strategic vision on the conservation of the baiji and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The foundation helps coordinate and assist fundraising efforts to support the planning, preparation and actual implementation of effective small-scale projects.

baiji.org Foundation Objectives:

• Integrate international expertise and organizational structures, in cooperation with other stakeholders and conservation organizations.
• Develop a fundraising and project platform and promote the baiji issue on a larger scale.
• Raise awareness of freshwater dolphins and educate people about the need to address the continuing threats to their welfare and survival.
• Prevent the extinction of endangered species and promote the recovery of all freshwater dolphin populations.
• Secure adequate protection for – and maintain the health of – all freshwater dolphin habitats.
• Promote worldwide interest in freshwater dolphins and freshwater biodiversity.

The baiji.org foundation was created in early 2004 as a foundation under Swiss law (CH-020.7.001.175-4 / EHRA-Id: 767120.).

Board of Trustees of baiji.org Foundation: Dr Wang Ding, Dr Randall Reeves and August Pfluger

The baiji.org foundation was set up in mid-2004 by a small group of committed Swiss individuals organized by August Pfluger (economist, Zurich) with the support of Leigh Barrett (media specialist, UK) and scientists in the IUCN/ SSC Cetacean Specialist Group.