The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), BirdLife International, and the Asian Development Bank have launched a new, open access 'Sensitivity' mapping tool called AVISTEP - the Avian Sensitivity Tool for Energy Planning to protect endangered species, who have lost their lives due to faulty implementation of renewable energy projects.

A dozen-odd chinkaras - a protected species - lost their lives in Rajasthan after being attacked by stray dogs as they could not cross over to safe territories due to the fencing of a solar power plant earlier last week.