Sunday, 9 August 2020

India plans to fell ancient forest to create 40 new coalfields

India plans to fell ancient forest to create 40 new coalfields

Over the past decade, Umeshwar Singh Amra has witnessed his homeland descend into a battleground. The war being waged in Hasdeo Arand, a rich and biodiverse Indian forest, has pitted indigenous people, ancient trees, elephants and sloths against the might of bulldozers, trucks and hydraulic jacks, fighting with a single purpose: the extraction of coal.

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