It is important to recognize that behind the razzmatazz of consumerism, we all remain dependent on basic natural resources - land, air, water and biodiversity - for every product and service. There can be no free lunch on the environment. — Klaus Topfer Copy Share Image
I am a great supporter of bionics and this diversity in nature, this genetic diversity, is not available for free. We, as industrialized nations, have already sinned enough, and we have significantly reduced biodiversity in our countries. But now we… — Klaus Topfer Copy Share Image
It is important to recognize that behind the razzmatazz of consumerism, we all remain dependent on basic natural resources - land, air, water and… — Klaus Topfer Copy Share Image
Protecting biodiversity is just as important and critical to the survival of mankind as stabilizing the climate. Species protection and climate are interdependent. — Klaus Topfer Copy Share Image
Coral reefs are under assault. They are rapidly being degraded by human activities. They are over-fished, bombed and poisoned. They are smothered by sediment,… — Klaus Topfer 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
I am a great supporter of bionics and this diversity in nature, this genetic diversity, is not available for free. We, as industrialized nations,… — Klaus Topfer Copy Share Image
Most of all, Creation must be protected for its own sake, even if we currently assign no value or an incorrect value to it. — Klaus Topfer Copy Share Image
The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of more than 2,500 scientists) has provided the world community with first class assessments of… — Klaus Topfer Copy Share Image
That's precisely the reason we need less paper and more concrete political decisions - the protection of endangeres species is not some luxury item… — Klaus Topfer Copy Share Image
We have a duty to rescue our closest living relatives as part of our wider responsibilities to conserve the ecosystems they inhabit. — Klaus Topfer Copy Share Image
The gains made by better management and technology are still being outpaced by the environmental impacts of population and economic growth. We are on… — Klaus Topfer Copy Share Image
