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Guwahati, Dec 6 (PTI) Balancing environment protection and development along with awareness generation are the keys to combat climate change, noted environmentalist Anwaruddin Choudhury said here on Monday.
He said that while climate change is a natural phenomenon, activities of humankind is accelerating the process.
“I am not against development.
But there is a need to review and regulate some of the developmental projects,” Choudhury said, while delivering the 1st Naresh Mitra Memorial Lecture on the topic ‘Conservation of Wildlife in North East: Climate Change and Other Emerging Challenges’.
Talking of big dams, he said though these are required for power generation, but questioned the necessity of mega dams especially in areas such as NE region.
“These are potential ecological disasters,” he said, adding that most dams are being built on ‘faulty Environmental Impact Assessment reports’.