Quotes About Conservation

The elephants were being slaughtered in masses. Some were even killed in the vicinity of big tourist hotels.

There was a minor burst of macho nuttiness after 'Jaws' came out, in which people would go off in shark tournaments and come back holding the bloody heads of these animals and say, 'Look what I did.' But they've been doing that for hundreds of thousands of years anyway.

Biodiversity starts in the distant past and it points toward the future.

I'm an animal rights activist because I believe we won't have a planet if we continue to behave toward other species the way we do.

We made a good start toward preserving recreational areas like the Chattahoochee River.

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

In the 19th and 20th centuries we saw nature as something to use to our profit, but the attitude of man towards nature in the 21st century will be a bit different.

The dolphin fishing that takes place in Taiji town is an ancient fishing practice deeply rooted in their culture and their practices and supports their livelihoods.

I discovered that close to half the planet is 'pristine.' We live in towns such as London, Paris or Sao Paulo and have the impression that all the pristine areas are gone, but they are not.

As the words of my book, 'The Bloodless Revolution,' accumulated, I envisaged a parallel growth: the stack of pages they would have to be printed on, thousands of times over; every page representing a slice of forest, a belch of fumes and a squirt of toxic ink.

The sudden release of five million barrels of oil, enormous quantities of methane and two million gallons of toxic dispersants into an already greatly stressed Gulf of Mexico will permanently alter the nature of the area.

The fossil fuel industry has made advocating alternative energy sources a liberal/conservative thing, and an ideological battle, when it should really be about a healthier, less toxic world.

The world's oceans are littered with trillions of pieces of plastic - bottles, bags, toys, fishing nets and more, mostly in tiny particles - and now this seaborne junk is making its way into the Arctic.

I can trace my environmentally-friendly lifestyle back to my childhood. My father was a conservative Republican that liked to 'conserve'.

I'd like to go on a hardcore safari in Africa, something off the beaten track with anti-poaching people and camping out in the savannah.

The Sea Shepherd crew is doing what governments should be doing, but refuse to do themselves, because of the threats of trade retaliation from Japan.

California is responsible for selling, trading and distributing large amounts of shark fins that come from all over the world.

For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.

Take only memories, leave only footprints.

He who will travel far spares his steed.

What I really wanted was to travel and see all the different animals that were on the verge of extinction.

Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realise that we can not eat money.

Trees are worth more alive than dead

If a tree dies, plant another in its place.