Environment Quotes

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Eighty-two percent of Australia's bird species and two thirds of Australia's mammal species can be found on our (Australian Wildlife Conservancy) reserves. We put teams… — Kristy Hinze
Behind us lay the great Antarctic Land; snow peaks rising beyond one another until by distance they dwindled away into insignificancy. The silence and immobility… — Unknown Author
This is what I love about the Kimberley... wild gorges, fresh water and there's always a chance of a barra taking your lure. — Unknown Author
One is left with the thought that given the way we now abuse the ocean and abuse the climate that we are heading towards our… — Paul Keating
Stand in despair anywhere old-growth forest has been clear-felled. All life has been replaced by blackened, poisoned desolation. Animals and birds have either fled or… — Peter Cundall
I have an optimism about what people are willing to do. The greatest force in the world today, believe it or not, are these countless… — Peter Cundall
Globalisation can provide the route for the development of a sustainable and prosperous planetary society in the next generation, provided that globalisation itself becomes more… — Peter Ellyard
Humans remain entirely atmosphere dependent, so there is no choice but to respond to extreme climatic behaviour and its many effects. — Peter Garrett
This is the rollcall of evolution happening in the space of a few generations, the greatest loss of living things that make up our biodiversity… — Peter Garrett
Our senses convey that all is not well with the natural world. — Peter Garrett
It is now well understood that humans ultimately depend on the health of the planet for their wellbeing. — Peter Garrett
Today the thing I find myself thinking about the most is our landscape...I think it's something a lot of us take for granted; for many… — Mick Dodson
It crosses my mind that our generation may leave problems that are simply too hard for human society in the generations that follow. The structures… — Ross Garnaut
A reduction in emissions matters more than what a country pays for it. — Ross Garnaut
Finding mechanisms for putting carbon back into landscapes enhances biodiversity. More biodiverse ecosystems store more carbon, more securely and are more resilient to the impacts… — Unknown Author
The drop in living standards most people would have to accept to reduce climate change significantly would still leave us far better off than previous… — Raimond Gaita
Never was a continent naturally so clean, and made so dirty, as Australia. There was not an animal pest, scarcely a vegetable pest; fools and… — Unknown Author
I think now we have a very unique opportunity, thanks to the election result, thanks to such a big vote for the Greens, to say… — Tim Costello
I need a dose of the natural environment on a regular basis. It balances the bitumen and high rises of Collins Street. — Simon McKeon
Hunting and gathering are in my blood. But I've lived long enough to witness a diminution in the seas, and to notice a fragility where… — Tim Winton

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