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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | During lockdown, MoEFCC panels cleared or discussed 30 projects in biodiverse forests -Nandini Velho

During lockdown, MoEFCC panels cleared or discussed 30 projects in biodiverse forests -Nandini Velho

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published Published on May 23, 2020   modified Modified on May 24, 2020

-The Hindu

The projects, including mining and a highway, were brought up during virtual conferences; but site inspections are ‘a crucial component’ of project evaluation, say scientists

Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh has a decidedly other-worldly feel. “Yeh kaunsi duniya hai,” my colleague exclaimed as we climbed the towering mountains — home to the endemic goat-antelope Mishmi takin, the ‘bright-eyed’ butterfly Callerebia dibangensis, and the Mishmi wren-babbler. I had read about the cultural practices of the Idu Mishmi community in the valley — taboos around hunting species such as the endangered hoolock gibbon, for instance — but there was so much more to learn here.

The Imu-Aamra story on the strong cultural connection between humans and tigers, for instance, is reflected in the recent ecological finding of there being more tigers in Dibang Valley than other tiger reserves in Arunachal Pradesh. Or the practice where the Idu Mishmi people are buried with a seed kitty of many different seeds, to feed the souls of the departed on their long journey and to ensure they have seeds to grow in the afterlife. As a wildlife biologist, I also found research that shows how the Idu Mishmi land tenure system and nature-based practices may well have created multiple habitat mosaics that allow different species to thrive in these community-owned forest lands.

This ecologically and culturally rich valley is also the site of a proposed 3,097 MW Etalin dam, one of the country’s largest proposed hydropower projects. The project was brought up for green clearance during a virtual conference held on April 23 by the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC), confoundingly, in the middle of the COVID-19 lockdown. Views of the region’s residents are split, but the ecological costs of this project will involve the construction of two large gravity dams, diversion tunnels, penstock pipes, an underground powerhouse, and a road network of over 50 km, involves the felling of 2.8 lakh trees, some almost 8 metres in girth, and submerging over 1,178 ha of land. The phase, which will last a minimum of seven years, will involve mining, quarrying, slope undercutting, and muck disposal.

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The Hindu, 23 May, 2020, https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/during-lockdown-moefcc-panels-cleared-or-discussed-30-projects-in-biodiverse-forests/article31649606.ece?fbclid=IwAR2yCUkFDkW-Yn_zhoiaDx1Itk7IM7DgMHG3NsnoDvHmoOK2qLVZC53SS_0


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