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Arunachal: Forest clearance for dam puts white-bellied herons at risk

Byย Simrin Sirur/Mongabay The environment ministerโ€™s Forest Advisory Committee has granted โ€œin principleโ€ approval to a hydropower project in a region of Arunachal Pradesh that is inhabited by the white bellied heron, a critically endangered bird whose species number was estimated to be less than 60, globally, in 2015. To compensate for the forest loss resulting from […]