Ants Quote by E. O. Wilson

The issue of world environment has a special kind of urgency... The issue is one of rich peoples and poor peoples, of the growing…

— Gilbert F. White

One thing leads to the other. Deforestation leads to climate change, which leads to ecosystem losses, which negatively impacts our livelihoods - it's a…

— Gisele Bundchen

“Trees are obviously a lot less mobile than, say, trogons—tropical birds common in Manú—or even ticks. But in a cloud forest, trees structure the…

— Elizabeth Kolbert

You hear headlines from time to time about the Amazon rainforest disappearing at a greater or lesser rate.... The real story is that over…

— Patrick Symmes

Ecology and economy are becoming inextricably entwined, and the world is becoming more conscious of this fact.

— Azim Premji

The answer is simple. If we lose the world's forests, we lose the fight against climate change. Rainforests are our Earth's greatest utility -…

— Michael Somare

We need healthy forests if we want to protect our climate. As the climate changes, forests become more vulnerable to insect outbreaks, droughts and…

— Chris Noth

If you go from the USA - which, relative to the rest of the world, is in pretty good shape in terms of biodiversity…

— E. O. Wilson

“The living world has become impoverished. Species are being lost every day. Energy and other resources are nearing exhaustion. The environment is deteriorating. Pollution…

— Christian de Duve

“All over the globe today, the environment is at odds with the economy, and the future of wildlife -- and our future, really --…

— Katherine Roy

The simple fact is that the world is not paying for the services the forests provide. At the moment, they are worth more dead…

— Prince Charles

I am really sobered by what's happening to ecosystems around our planet and to the wildlife that is to be found there.

— Jeff Corwin