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• It is that range of biodiversity that we must care for - the whole thing - rather than just one… — David Attenborough
• We're losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the… — Diane Ackerman
• The wealth of the nation is its air, water, soil, forests, minerals, rivers, lakes, oceans, scenic beauty, wildlife habitats and… — Gaylord Nelson
• It's the next annihilation of vast numbers of species. It is happening now, and we, the human race, are its… — Richard Leakey
• Civilization has ceased to be that delicate flower which was preserved and painstakingly cultivated in one or two sheltered areas… — Claude Levi-Strauss
• The essential role of the environment is still marginal in discussions about poverty. While we continue to debate these initiatives,… — Wangari Maathai
• What little wilderness remains displays the patterns we must return to, if our species and as many others as now… — Stephanie Mills
• We share this planet with many species. It is our responsibility to protect them, both for their sakes and our… — Pamela A. Matson
• Without knowing it, we utilize hundreds of products each day that owe their origin to wild animals and plants. Indeed… — Norman Myers
• We develop our beautiful planet in such a way that we brush aside the species... we risk creating a wasteland,… — Queen Noor of Jordan
• Each species on our planet plays a role in the healthy functioning of natural ecosystems, on which humans depend. — William H. Schlesinger
• The bulldozer and not the atomic bomb may turn out to be the most destructive invention of the 20th century. — Philip Shabecoff

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