Klaus Topfer

It is important to recognize that behind the razzmatazz of consumerism, we all remain dependent on basic natural resources - land, air,…

— Klaus Topfer

Protecting biodiversity is just as important and critical to the survival of mankind as stabilizing the climate. Species protection and climate are…

— Klaus Topfer

Coral reefs are under assault. They are rapidly being degraded by human activities. They are over-fished, bombed and poisoned. They are smothered…

— Klaus Topfer

It's difficult to protect something if it doesn't have a price.

— Klaus Topfer

We must convince and empower people to adopt the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity as their guiding principle.

— Klaus Topfer

I am a great supporter of bionics and this diversity in nature, this genetic diversity, is not available for free. We, as…

— Klaus Topfer

Most of all, Creation must be protected for its own sake, even if we currently assign no value or an incorrect value…

— Klaus Topfer

The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of more than 2,500 scientists) has provided the world community with first class…

— Klaus Topfer

That's precisely the reason we need less paper and more concrete political decisions - the protection of endangeres species is not some…

— Klaus Topfer

We have a duty to rescue our closest living relatives as part of our wider responsibilities to conserve the ecosystems they inhabit.

— Klaus Topfer

The gains made by better management and technology are still being outpaced by the environmental impacts of population and economic growth. We…

— Klaus Topfer