George Monbiot Quotes

Species conversation is beyond a doubt an issue that truly matters to the American public.

The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we'll start thinking of doing something about it.

In real life, I am trying to save the Steve Irwin wildlife preserve. It's in Australia, up on Cape York, and it's in danger of being strip-mined.

We need to stand as a nation, a state, a community to protect wildlife and wild places for our children.

Steve worked tirelessly to promote conservation, wildlife, and the environment, and his work enabled the plight of endangered species to reach a whole new audience.

The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual dependency between it and millions of other species of both animals and plants.

The elephant can survive only if forests survive.

As a Republican, I am proud of my party's rich legacy of conservation.

It is a wonderful honor to receive the Audubon Medal from the National Audubon Society, which for more than a century has fought tirelessly to protect and preserve our natural resources and environment for future generations.

The Endangered Species Act is the strongest and most effective tool we have to repair the environmental harm that is causing a species to decline.

The most important thing is to preserve the world we live in. Unless people understand and learn about our world, habitats, and animals, they won't understand that if we don't protect those habitats, we'll eventually destroy ourselves.

Basically, I think 21st century conservation is moving toward preserving ecosystems by dealing with the needs of people.

I, Maggie, personally cannot tell you that you're going to save the planet. But what I do know is that we can draw a line to an issue that can conserve what we already have and what's left in a way that we can actually breathe the air, drink the water, actually grow things in soil - that matters in a real, practical way.

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

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

Simply put, I believe we should not seek the lowest common denominator when it comes to wilderness and saddle a wilderness designation with exceptions, exclusions, and exemptions.

Unless the local community signs up, wildlife won't survive. And without wildlife, no one will visit.

I wish people would take more care of the countryside.

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

Conservation must become before recreation.

True conservation means protecting the entire habitat.

It is a commitment to our children and grandchildren to preserve a statewide network of land and water resources, prime agricultural and forestry lands, and natural, historic, and recreational areas for them to enjoy.

We have a responsibility to Mother Earth to protect it as much as possible.

I am not against development, but society will go nowhere if you don't take care of trees.

Providing financial incentives for both local communities and national governments to conserve and restore forests also makes sense. It will put an economic value on these precious natural resources and drive the right behaviours from both government and business.