'The forest is everything': indigenous tribes in India battle to save their home from Adani – in pictures

Extract from The Guardian

Australian photographer Brian Cassey visits Hasdeo Arand, one of the largest contiguous stretches of dense forest in central India. The area is rich in biodiversity, containing many threatened species including elephants, leopards and sloth bears. A rash of newly approved mines could further destroy swathes of the Hasdeo Arand forest – and with it the wildlife local villagers depend on for survival.

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• India’s ancient tribes battle to save their forest home from mining

Brian Cassey