#biodiversity

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

#come #every #humanity #learn #means

Yet, despite our many advances, our environment is still threatened by a range of problems, including global climate change, energy dependence on unsustainable fossil fuels, and loss of biodiversity. ↗

— Dan Lipinski

#biodiversity #change #climate #climate change #dependence

It is that range of biodiversity that we must care for - the whole thing - rather than just one or two stars. ↗

— David Attenborough

#care #just #just one #must #range

Oman overall has great animal and plant biodiversity because it has mountains, desert, coastal areas and rich coral reefs. ↗

— Saadi

#areas #because #biodiversity #coastal #coral

If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us. ↗

— David Suzuki

#alive #allows #amount #biodiversity #destroy

This is the assembly of life that took a billion years to evolve. It has eaten the storms-folded them into its genes-and created the world that created us. It holds the world steady. ↗

— Edward O. Wilson

#life

Although biodiversity loss continues globally, many countries are significantly slowing the rate of loss by shoring up protected natural areas and the services they provide, and in expanding national park systems with tighter management and more secure funding. ↗

— Helen Clark

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I also have an idea for a book on biodiversity, and why and how we should be conserving it. ↗

— Ken Thompson

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