Parisarakkaagi Naavu demanded an immediate moratorium on the diversion of forest land for non-essential projects, including infrastructure, mining, and real estate, pending a national review.

Parisarakkaagi Naavu demanded an immediate moratorium on the diversion of forest land for non-essential projects, including infrastructure, mining, and real estate, pending a national review.
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Parisarakkaagi Naavu, a Karnataka-based environmental organisation, has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding immediate action to protect people from climate emergencies.  

“The institutional pace at which we currently move — committees, deliberations, phased rollouts, periodic reviews — is wholly inadequate to address a threat that is accelerating year on year,” reads the letter.  


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