Politics Quote by Josy Joseph

“The extent of forests around the world has declined by an estimated 16.4 million km2 (36% of the historical extent) over the last 200 years (Meiyappan & Jain, 2012).”

— Shaun C. Cunningham

Most people know that forests are the lungs of our planet, literally playing a critical role in every breath we take. And that they're…

— Chris Noth

No other country in the world has as many forests as we do.

— Jair Bolsonaro

Forests are breaking out all over America. New England has more forests since the Civil War. In 1880, New York State was only 25…

— Jonah Goldberg

I see how these beautiful forests are now open to destruction because of technology. Companies are able to get into more and more remote…

— Julia Butterfly Hill

Everybody knows that the great reversed triangle of land, with its base in the north and its apex in the south, which is called…

— Jules Verne

Our forests are not for toilet paper. They are worth more standing than cut. That deserves to be defended, not only by native peoples…

— Winona LaDuke

You either keep the forest standing, which takes jobs away from indigenous people who need to feed themselves, or you cut down the trees,…

— Johan Eliasch

We are consuming our forests three times faster than they are being reproduced. Some of the richest timber lands of this continent have already…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The only trouble with the movement for the preservation of our forests is that it has not gone nearly far enough, and was not…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Forests are the lungs of our land…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The improvement of forest trees is the work of centuries. So much more the reason for beginning now.

— George Perkins Marsh