Dehing Patkai, Amazon of the East suffers from illegal logging, poaching pressures
@moefcc @PMOIndia @sarbanandsonwal Citizens wonder whether decision for coal mining is #DumbOrGreedy
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Mining in Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve may result in extinction of more than 50 mammal species,350 bird species,310 butterfly species,70 species of reptiles & amphibians, 40 odonate species
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Research studies through camera trapping reveal presence of 7 wild cat species in Dehing Patkai Reserve. This is the highest diversity of wild cats found anywhere in the world
@moefcc @PMOIndia
Revoke decision for coal mining
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Research on primates like Western Hoolock Gibbon, Bengal Slow Loris etc in Dehing Patkai found that arboreal species (living in trees)need unfragmented forests for their survival
@moefcc @PMOIndia Revoke decision for coal mining
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