"There is no clear answer to some vital questions, such as how much power the country needs, to what extent does the production capacity need to be enhanced, etc"

Felt like I was reading about India's energy policy. By "policy" I mean the lack of one thedailystar.net/views/opinion/…
"because of the conditions set in the agreements, the government is forced to pay the producers the capacity charge... about 60 percent of the power plants in Bangladesh were sitting idle and earning money in the form of capacity charges"
"A key benefit of having large-scale power plants is that the production costs go down, but the opposite is happening in Bangladesh." lol
You can literally replace "taka" with "rupees" & "Bangladesh" with "India" in this report & it'll still make a lot of sense

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8 Sep
This story begins with a poster.

Not very innocuous. But not that bad either. Cheetahs are coming into India. Let's give filming rights. Right? Not quite

PS - link to my report for @TheWireScience at the end Image
Last month, Kuno officials released a tender for “exclusive commercial filming rights” for the cheetah introduction project.

Some cheetahs may arrive later this year or early next year. Filmmakers can film them over 300 days
The problem is that there seems to be no coherent plan. At least none that is in public domain. And no one involved in the introduction project has been able to answer even the most basic Qs like how many cheetahs are being flown in, where will they be taken, is it only Kuno? etc
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17 Aug
There are many criticisms of the #Cheetah introduction plan. No real conservation value tops the list + others like viability & cost. Disease risk is one that hasn't been discussed as much

My report

downtoearth.org.in/news/wildlife-…
Acc. to @IUCN reintroduction guidelines, “no translocated organisms can be entirely free of infection with micro-organisms or parasites, with consequent risk of their spread.”

iucn-whsg.org/node/1471
So disease risk assessments are a top priority to ensure that the 20 cheetahs are & remain healthy & to minimise risk of introducing a new pathogen into Kuno
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