The destructive impact of hydropower plants on jaguars and tiger habitats
Published Date: 12/10/2021
Source: phys.org
A pair of researchers at Southern University of Science and Technology, in China has found that when hydroelectric power plants are built, tiger and jaguar habitats are lost, putting the cats at risk. In their paper published in the journal Communications Biology, Ana Filipa Palmeirim and Luke Gibson describe assessing the amount of habitat lost to hydropower and the impact it has on local wildcats.