Active Quote by Karl Marx

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

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

Cutting down a forest for timber adds to GDP, but what we don't record is the loss to our wealth in terms of natural…

— Winnie Byanyima

Humanity is cutting down its forests, apparently oblivious to the fact that we may not be able to live without them.

— Isaac Asimov

In studying the fate of our forest king, we have thus far considered the action of purely natural causes only; but, unfortunately, man is…

— John Muir

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

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

— George Perkins Marsh

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

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We have become great because of the lavish use of our resources ... But the time has come to inquire seriously what will happen…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“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

A tree is beautiful, but what's more, it has a right to life; like water, the sun and the stars, it is essential. Life…

— Anton Chekhov