"Protected Areas obstruct development. Forests are liabilities. Sanctuaries and National Parks...no, no, we don't want those. They are best not declared.
They will stop 'development.'
Stop mines and super expressways and malls and multiplexes from coming up."
You know, Shining India.
But my friends, India won't shine when the sanctuaries are silent and empty, when the forest vanishes, when the last tree falls.
Our soils nourished by the forests and streams will cease to produce.
The poisoned, sterile land will fail to feed us.
And the rivers, born of the forests, will wither and die.
The foundation of not just development, but life is Nature.
Each one of us should know this truth.
Know and respect Nature, for she nurtures us.
Especially those in whose hands we have entrusted this trust.
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