Adani mine: environmental laws designed to protect black-throated finch led to bird's decline

Of 775 projects overlapping bird's habitat, government only refused one, study reveals

Environmental laws that formally protect the endangered black-throated finch have also sanctioned the broadscale destruction of its natural habitat, leaving the species at risk of extinction, a new study says.

The study, led by University of Queensland research fellow April Reside, and published on Wednesday in the journal Environmental Science and Policy, charts the exile of the black-throated finch from more than 80% of its former range.