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Sand mining, brick kilns threaten India’s first sanctuary for slender loris in Tamil Nadu

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Walking along a pebble-strewn footpath to the Valayarumbu Aruvi waterfall in Tamil Nadu, we see two earth movers in an open field, standing ominously close to the forest. The green hills are marred by the rumble of mining and quarrying.As we neared the waterfall, the sparse vegetation gave way to Acacia, Anogeissus, and Euphorbia tree species in degraded forest patches. The landscape alternated between farmland and scrub forest, while the higher…

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Sand mining, brick kilns threaten India’s first sanctuary for slender loris in Tamil Nadu

Walking along a pebble-strewn footpath to the Valayarumbu Aruvi waterfall in Tamil Nadu, we see two earth movers in an open field, standing ominously close to the forest. The green hills are marred by the rumble of mining and quarrying.As we neared the waterfall, the sparse vegetation gave way to Acacia, Anogeissus, and Euphorbia tree species in degraded forest patches. The landscape alternated between farmland and scrub forest, while the higher…

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India: arrest of four freelance journalists investigating sand mining (joint communication)

This is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of India about the arrest of four media workers in August 2024, which seems to be linked to their work investigating irregularities around sand mining activities in Chhattisgarh state.

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