Biodiversity Quote by Thomas Lovejoy Download Open image “Natural species are the library from which genetic engineers can work.” — Thomas Lovejoy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Biodiversity Biology Complexity Engineers Library Natural Nature Species
Natural species are the library from which genetic engineers can work. Genetic engineers don't make new genes, they rearrange existing ones. Speaking as World… — Thomas Lovejoy Copy Share Image
The advance of genetic engineering makes it quite conceivable that we will begin to design our own evolutionary progress. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
In the process of natural selection, then, any device that can insert a higher proportion of certain genes into subsequent generations will come to… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Every orchid or rose or lizard or snake is the work of a dedicated and skilled breeder. There are thousands of people, amateurs and… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Genetic engineers don't make new genes, they rearrange existing ones. — Thomas Lovejoy Copy Share Image
In the end, it's clear that the incorporation of synthetic biology in product and architectural design will enable the transition from designs that are… — Neri Oxman Copy Share Image
I think the ethics and morals of genetic engineering are very complicated. It intrigues me. — Roger Spottiswoode Copy Share Image
Tragically, some people are genetically more susceptible than others to agripoisons and industrial pollutants. Genetic engineering to correct these medical problems is a narrow… — Michael Fox Copy Share Image
By the time we, consumers, are aware of processes like genetic engineering, they're already being done. It's sort of like the war in Iraq:… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
Genetic engineering is having a serious impact on the food we eat, on the environment, and on farmers. To ensure we can maximize benefits… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
One of the really remarkably beneficial aspects of genetic engineering is that much of the previous methodology for controlling pests and so forth is… — Nina Fedoroff Copy Share Image
Conservation is sometimes perceived as stopping everything cold, as holding whooping cranes in higher esteem than people. It is up to science to spread… — Thomas Lovejoy Copy Share Image
The biggest problems are the damn national sectors of these developing countries. These countries think that they have the right to develop their resources… — Thomas Lovejoy Copy Share Image
The planet is about to break out with fever, indeed it may already have, and we [human beings] are the disease. We should be… — Thomas Lovejoy Copy Share Image
Natural species are the library from which genetic engineers can work. Genetic engineers don't make new genes, they rearrange existing ones. Speaking as World… — Thomas Lovejoy Copy Share Image
Genetic engineers don't make new genes, they rearrange existing ones. — Thomas Lovejoy Copy Share Image
Agricultural demand for water - probably the largest threat to freshwater species - continues to increase. ... Meanwhile, threats to terrestrial biodiversity - primarily… — Indur M. Goklany Copy Share Image
The thing that I think about most often is the loss of biodiversity. We talk about these food issues so often with concern to… — Bryant Terry Copy Share Image
We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity. — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
I will defend the absolute value of Mozart over Miley Cyrus, of course I will, but we should be wary of false dichotomies. You… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Civilization has ceased to be that delicate flower which was preserved and painstakingly cultivated in one or two sheltered areas of a soil rich… — Claude Levi-Strauss Copy Share Image
If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function,… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
We share this planet with many species. It is our responsibility to protect them, both for their sakes and our own. — Pamela A. Matson Copy Share Image
For us, not cooperating in the monopoly regimes of intellectual property rights and patents and biodiversity - saying "no" to patents on life, and… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
I can't imagine anything more important than air, water, soil, energy and biodiversity. These are the things that keep us alive. — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
An agricultural landscape produces food but it also provides water, requires biodiversity to underpin soil function, pollination and other useful services, and also has… — Tim Benton Copy Share Image
I came to all the realizations about sustainability and biodiversity because I fell in love with the way food tastes. That was it. And… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
