The bulldozer and not the atomic bomb may turn out to be the most destructive invention of the 20th century. — Philip Shabecoff Copy Share Image
What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, men would die from great loneliness of spirit — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
Are we to regard the world of nature simply as a storehouse to be robbed for the immediate benefit of man? — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
It is together that we will be able to save our biodiversity. This is a principle of effectiveness. But it is also… — Albert II, Prince of Monaco Copy Share Image
“Dams also tend to be built in remote areas which are the last refuge for species that have been displaced by development… — Patrick McCully Copy Share Image
We develop our beautiful planet in such a way that we brush aside the species... we risk creating a wasteland, where our… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
Every time we lose a species webreak a life chain which has evolved over 3.5 billion years. — Jeff McNeely Copy Share Image
Biodiversity is the greatest treasure we have... Its diminishment is to be prevented at all cost. — Thomas Eisner Copy Share Image
An agricultural landscape produces food but it also provides water, requires biodiversity to underpin soil function, pollination and other useful services, and… — Tim Benton Copy Share Image
Agricultural demand for water - probably the largest threat to freshwater species - continues to increase. ... Meanwhile, threats to terrestrial biodiversity… — Indur M. Goklany Copy Share Image
At the end of the century, humans will look back at our impact on the planet and World War II will be… — Louie Psihoyos Copy Share Image
An Armageddon is approaching at the beginning of the third millennium. But it is not the cosmic war and fiery collapse of… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Human beings are often at their best when responding to immediate crises - car accidents, house fires, hurricanes. We are less effective… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
The system of seeds based on monoculture is wrong and inappropriate. The biodiverse system has produced more food, and biodiversity means that… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
I think that the environmental movement is wisely moving away from a largely emotion-based argument for the spiritual or intrinsic value of… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Are we to regard the world of nature simply as a storehouse to be robbed for the immediate benefit of man? ...… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
If you go from the USA - which, relative to the rest of the world, is in pretty good shape in terms… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Civilization has ceased to be that delicate flower which was preserved and painstakingly cultivated in one or two sheltered areas of a… — Claude Levi-Strauss Copy Share Image
The students of biodiversity, the ones we most need in science today, have an enormous task ahead of molecular biology and the… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
When you ask about "mission" it is easy to reference a "mission statement" which, in my case, is the quest, however Quixotic,… — Michael Tobias Copy Share Image
A diverse ecosystem will also be resilient, because it contains many species with overlapping ecological functions that can partially replace one another.… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
Planners and designers should encourage as much diversity in human habitats as they find in animal habitats. It is not possible to… — Tom Turner Copy Share Image
Through the art of personal development, we see an opportunity for these animals to inspire compassion, essentially creating a path to deep… — Ian Somerhalder Copy Share Image
We have to create a sustainable environment, worldwide, and we're not doing it. The best thing we can do with the rest… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
When I hear of the destruction of a species, I feel just as if all the works of some great writer have… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Woods are rich with biodiversity and, above all, places of trees and light that spangles a thousand greens through the leaves. — Monty Don Copy Share Image
We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Neither Superman nor Captain America is real. Real heroes who will save our planet are activists and biodiversity savers.” — Hakan Kapucu Copy Share Image
Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Collective human actions are transforming, even ravaging, the biosphere - perhaps irreversibly - through global warming and loss of biodiversity. — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
It is that range of biodiversity that we must care for - the whole thing - rather than just one or two… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
What we're doing pop culturally is like burning the rain forest. The biodiversity of pop culture is really, really in danger. — William Gibson Copy Share Image
It's the next annihilation of vast numbers of species. It is happening now, and we, the human race, are its cause — Richard Leakey Copy Share Image
We have built a greenhouse, a human greenhouse, where once there bloomed a sweet and wild garden. — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
I can't imagine anything more important than air, water, soil, energy and biodiversity. These are the things that keep us alive. — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
Every cell in your body is seeking fulfillment through joy, beauty, love and appreciation. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
In the area of species protection, we should concern ourselves with what is right as opposed to what might be easier, or… — Richard Leakey Copy Share Image
People still do not understand that a live fish is more valuable than a dead one, and that destructive fishing techniques are… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We must convince and empower people to adopt the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity as their guiding principle. — Klaus Topfer Copy Share Image