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An environmental fig leaf?

By Pankaj Sekhsaria The IUCN has ignored the fundamental precautionary principle by not looking into issues of the location of the port. It is one of the world's most well known and respected conservation organisations and has been at the forefront of many efforts to protect wilderness areas and threatened wildlife species. Yet, it is in danger today of becoming the fig leaf in India for a project that might cause unprecedented damage to one of the world's most threatened and enigmatic wild creatures.

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