In the Land of Infrastructure Projects, Activists and Nature Lovers Saved Endangered Spoonbill Habitat (opens in new tab)

Covers How a Rare Bird Stopped a Highway Project in South ChinaCovered by The Cool Down

Following 25 days of vigorous local campaigning, residents in the supposedly-totalitarian country of China succeeded in halting highway construction that would have plowed through mudflats which 49 species of bird rely on for dinner and rest. Among these is the spoon-billed sandpiper, a migratory shorebird with a global population of less than 500, and which […] The post appeared first on .

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After 25 days of local pressure, residents stopped a highway that threatened mudflats used by a bird with fewer than 500 left

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