The order was issued by Nanded Collector Rahul Kardile on Wednesday. The administration said agricultural residues that can be processed and used as fodder need to be protected from being diverted for industrial purposes

The report, based on the Living Planet Index (LPI) produced by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), analysed 35,803 population trends covering 5,790 vertebrate species between 1970 and 2022