Tibetan crane’s winter habitat under threat from Indian hydroelectric project

Tibetan crane’s winter habitat under threat from Indian hydroelectric project

A hydroelectric project in India’s eastern Himalayas will soon destroy one of the winter habitats of the magnificent Tibetan crane, a vulnerable bird regarded by local Buddhists as the reincarnation of a the sixth Dalai Lama, scientists and environmentalists have warned. The Tibetan, or black-necked crane, a species unique to Asia, has already disappeared from […]

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