Vaishali Rawat Profile picture
Writing on nature, ecology, wildlife conservation. 👩🏽‍🎓 @ecioxford '18-'19. She/her
Oct 13, 2024 11 tweets 3 min read
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As we live thru a compounding and existential environmental, ecological crisis - the judiciary/CJI office's mandate to safeguard our environmental future was never more urgent & relevant. But there have been opportunities lost and at very heavy costs:
1/ 1. Great Indian Bustard Judgment: While being hailed as ‘a landmark environment judgement’, it has actually weakened protections for grassland ecosystems, pushed a critically #endangered species to near-certain extinction
With <100 GIBs left globally,

2/india.mongabay.com/2024/04/climat…