Paul Polman Quotes

The forests shall not be burned needlessly.

I'm also working closely with a group called the Amazon Conservation Team, helping with the rainforest in South America.

Every other civilized nation in the world has been compelled to care for its forests, and so must we if waste and destruction are not to go on to the bitter end, leaving America as barren as Palestine or Spain.

We should continue to mobilise against the destruction of the world's great habitats, and its terrifying implications. But the most persuasive argument we can make is to show we mean it, by restoring our own lost wonders.

I could have bought a pristine part of Tanzania. But I saw a beautiful mountain, game that could come back, and country that could be rich again.

If you're a Conservative, why aren't you behind conserving the land?

All the conservation efforts in the world won't be enough to make a dent in the oncoming sustainability crisis our planet faces.

Further devastation of the air, land and sea is obviously a very real possibility, unless the attitudes of politicians and all who irresponsibly exploit our natural resources change significantly in the very near future and all collaborate and sacrifice for the good of the planet.

Here are the facts we confront. No one is against conservation. No one is against alternative fuel sources.

Promoting the use of sustainable and renewable rainforest products can help to stop rainforest devastation. The rainforests are much more valuable alive than cut or burned, providing a steady supply of medicinal plants, fruits, nuts and oils.

Governments at all levels and the whole society should act more vigorously to protect the land our lives depend on.

I reflect back 35 years ago, and look how far we have come in America with our environmental policy to improve the conditions of our air and water, and we have had some real successes.

So often we talk about saving the planet, but what we really mean is to save the planet the way it is, so we can live here. So that is can sustain us.

The development of civilization and industry in general has always shown itself so active in the destruction of forests that everything that has been done for their conservation and production is completely insignificant in comparison.

I wouldn't want anyone to destroy the earth.

My efforts in Congress are guided by the belief that environmental preservation and restoration are a critical part of the legacy we leave to future generations.

The planet doesn't require saving, and actually hasn't asked Greenpeace to save it.

We have vastly increased the amount of funding that is available for conservation partnerships.

There should be more attention paid to scientific research in the ecology area, and I think that such attention to proper environmental concerns would make the public feel much better about it.

You have to focus on what you're passionate about. For me it's the forests and of course, because I'm concerned about the forests, I'm concerned about the way paper is made.

We can make a concerted effort to stop poisoning the planet: that would be a good way of appeasing the gods.

Conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand

The free market should not include the right to pollute our environment.

How can you save the rain forests, the planet's wildlife, without funds?

True conservation means protecting the entire habitat.