#ecosystems

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

— Edward Norton

#basically #century #conservation #dealing #ecosystems

I'd like to help repair the earth's ecosystems, and to fully live until I'm fully dead. ↗

— Martha Beck

#earth #ecosystems #fully #help #i

No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature's ecosystems. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#ecosystems #every #fundamental #isolated #learning

In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#away #collapses #ecosystems #environments #land

The G8 nations, together with the five major emerging economies of China, India, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, use almost three-quarters of the Earth's biocapacity - the capacity of the world's ecosystems to produce natural resources and to reduce harmful substances. ↗

— Sigmar Gabriel

#almost #brazil #capacity #china #earth

Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth. ↗

— Gary Larson

#changed #comparable #demands #diversity #earth

The Biblical world view sees Earth and its ecosystems as the effect of a wise God's creation and... therefore robust, resilient, and self-regulating, like the product of any good engineer. ↗

— Christopher Monckton

#creation #earth #ecosystems #effect #engineer

As the GAO report recognizes, the long-term health of our forests relies on additional fuel reduction options and funding to reduce the risks that catastrophic fire poses to our nation's ecosystems, communities and federal budgetary resources. ↗

— Greg Walden

#budgetary #catastrophic #communities #ecosystems #federal

The damage that climate change is causing and that will get worse if we fail to act goes beyond the hundreds of thousands of lives, homes and businesses lost, ecosystems destroyed, species driven to extinction, infrastructure smashed and people inconvenienced. ↗

— David Suzuki

#beyond #businesses #causing #change #climate

Wolves directly affect the entire ecosystem, not just moose populations, their main prey, because less moose equals more tree growth ↗

— Rolf Peterson

#ecology #ecosystems #moose #trees #wolves