Biodiversity is the greatest treasure we have... Its diminishment is to be prevented at all cost. — Thomas Eisner
Great attention gets paid to rainforests because of the diversity of life there. Diversity in the oceans is even greater. — Sylvia Earle
Look closely at nature. Every species is a masterpiece, exquisitely adapted to the particular environment in which it has survived. Who are we to destroy or even diminish biodiversity? — E. O. Wilson
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
Cultivating and conserving diversity is no luxury in our times: it is a survival imperative. — Vandana Shiva
Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival. — Rene Dubos
Uniformity is not nature's way; diversity is nature's way. — Vandana Shiva
Oman overall has great animal and plant biodiversity because it has mountains, desert, coastal areas and rich coral reefs. — Saadi Shirazi
Bacterial diversity is a marker of gut health. Herbivores have more of it than carnivores. — Will Bulsiewicz
The greater the diversity, the greater the perfection. — Thomas Berry
Each species on our planet plays a role in the healthy functioning of natural ecosystems, on which humans depend. — William H. Schlesinger
The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans. — Jim Fowler
We share this planet with many species. It is our responsibility to protect them, both for their sakes and our own. — Pamela A. Matson
Bringing nature into the classroom can kindle a fascination and passion for the diversity of life on earth and can motivate a sense of responsibility to safeguard it. — David Attenborough
Diversity is the magic. It is the first manifestation, the first beginning of the differentiation of a thing and of simple identity. The greater the diversity, the greater the perfection. — Thomas Berry
Short Biodiversity Quotes
The world is more than the sum of its suffering. — Deepak Chopra
A fist is more than the sum of its fingers. — Margaret Atwood
Our health relies entirely on the vitality of our fellow species on Earth. — Harrison Ford
A painting is more than the sum of its parts — Wendelin Van Draanen
We have built a greenhouse, a human greenhouse, where once there bloomed a sweet and wild garden. — Bill McKibben
Look at these worlds spinning out of nothingness. That is within your power. — Rumi
Every time we lose a species webreak a life chain which has evolved over 3.5 billion years. — Jeff McNeely
We advocate biodiversity for biodiversity's sake. It may take our extinction to set things straight. — David Foreman
Biodiversity starts in the distant past and it points toward the future. — Frans Lanting
I also have an idea for a book on biodiversity, and why and how we should be conserving it. — Ken Thompson
Diversity Of Life Quotes
Peace is not unity in similarity but unity in diversity, in the comparison and conciliation of differences. — Mikhail Gorbachev
In diversity there is beauty and there is strength. — Maya Angelou
We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color. — Maya Angelou
There are no nations! There is only humanity. And if we don't come to understand that right soon, there will be no nations, because there will be no humanity. — Isaac Asimov
We must learn to endure what we cannot avoid. Our life is composed, like the harmony of the world, of contrary things, also of different tones, sweet and harsh, sharp and flat, soft and loud. If a musician liked only one kind, what would he have to say? — Michel de Montaigne
'Taking charge of one's life' involves risk, because it means confronting a diversity of open possibilities. — Anthony Giddens
A true architect is not an artist but an optimistic realist. They take a diverse number of stakeholders, extract needs, concerns, and dreams, then create a beautiful yet tangible solution that is loved by the users and the community at large. We create vessels in which life happens. — Cameron Sinclair
Let woman then go on-not asking favors, but claiming as a right the removal of all hindrances to her elevation in the scale of being-let her receive encouragement for the proper cultivation of all her powers, so that she may enter profitably into the active business of life. — Lucretia Mott
They know how to communicate, adapt, fight… they’re extremely versatile. And we’re talking about a huge community, with millions of different species and an exciting social life. — Emmanuelle Charpentier
It should not be believed that all beings exist for the sake of the existence of man. On the contrary, all the other beings too have been intended for their own sakes and not for the sake of anything else. — Maimonides
The wealth of the nation is its air, water, soil, forests, minerals, rivers, lakes, oceans, scenic beauty, wildlife habitats and biodiversity... that's all there is. That's the whole economy. That's where all the economic activity and jobs come from. These biological systems are the sustaining wealth of the world. — Gaylord Nelson
The more complex the network is, the more complex its pattern of interconnections, the more resilient it will be. — Fritjof Capra
We cannot win this battle to save species and environments without forging an emotional bond between ourselves and nature as well - for we will not fight to save what we do not love. — Stephen Jay Gould
The bulldozer and not the atomic bomb may turn out to be the most destructive invention of the 20th century. — Philip Shabecoff
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
When the forest is destroyed, when the river is dammed, when the biodiversity is stolen, when fields are waterlogged or turned saline because of economic activities, it is a question of survival for these people. So our environmental movements have been justice movements. — Vandana Shiva
When I hear of the destruction of a species, I feel just as if all the works of some great writer have perished. — Theodore Roosevelt
Are we to regard the world of nature simply as a storehouse to be robbed for the immediate benefit of man? ... Does man have any responsibility for the preservation of a decent balance in nature, for the preservation of rare species, or even for the indefinite continuance of his race? — Kenneth E. Boulding
I came to all the realizations about sustainability and biodiversity because I fell in love with the way food tastes. And because I was looking for that taste I feel at the doorsteps of the organic, local, sustainable farmers, dairy people and fisherman. — Alice Waters
I can't imagine anything more important than air, water, soil, energy and biodiversity. These are the things that keep us alive. — David Suzuki
It is that range of biodiversity that we must care for - the whole thing - rather than just one or two stars. — David Attenborough
No piecemeal solution is going to prevent the collapse of whole societies and ecosystems ... a radical re-thinking of our values, priorities and political systems is urgent. — Maude Barlow
We are committed with our lives to building a different model and a different future for humanity, the Earth, and other species. We have envisaged a moral alternative to economic globalization and we will not rest until we see it realized. — Maude Barlow
Instead of trying to understand agriculture in its own terms, acknowledge that agriculture ultimately comes out of nature. Right now agriculture is the No. 1 threat to biodiversity on the planet. — Wes Jackson
For if one link in nature's chain might be lost, another might be lost, until the whole of things will vanish by piecemeal. — Thomas Jefferson
To many people, 'biodiversity' is almost synonymous with the word 'nature,' and 'nature' brings to mind steamy forests and the big creatures that dwell there. Fair enough. But biodiversity is much more than that, for it encompasses not only the diversity of species, but also the diversity within species. — Cary Fowler
Biodiversity can't be maintained by protecting a few species in a zoo, or by preserving greenbelts or national parks. To function properly, nature needs more room than that. It can maintain itself, however, without human expense, without zookeepers, park rangers, foresters or gene banks. All it needs is to be left alone. — Donella Meadows
We develop our beautiful planet in such a way that we brush aside the species... we risk creating a wasteland, where our aspirations will ultimately wither and die — Queen Noor of Jordan
Our world is evolving without consideration, and the result is a loss of biodiversity, energy issues, congestion in cities. But geography, if used correctly, can be used to redesign sustainable and more livable cities. — Jack Dangermond
Food security is an authentically human requirement. Guaranteeing it for present and future generations also means safeguarding ourselves against the uncontrolled exploitation of natural resources. Indeed, the process of consumption and waste seems to overlook any concern for ... biodiversity, which is so important for agriculture. — Pope Benedict XVI
We have environmental laws for a reason: to protect endangered biodiversity. And as a country that has one of the highest loss of species anywhere in the world, they're important. — Richard Di Natale
The evolution of the cosmos invokes in me a sense of mystery; the increase in biodiversity invokes the response of humility; and an understanding of the evolution of death offers me helpful ways to think about my own death. — Ursula Goodenough
I think that the environmental movement is wisely moving away from a largely emotion-based argument for the spiritual or intrinsic value of Nature with a capital "N" and evolving toward a very hard-nosed case for the economic value of natural capital, ecosystem services, biodiversity, etc. — Edward Norton
The essential role of the environment is still marginal in discussions about poverty. While we continue to debate these initiatives, environmental degradation, including the loss of biodiversity and topsoil, accelerates, causing development efforts to falter. — Wangari Maathai
You begin paying more attention to what you're seeing when you know the names... If you don't know the names of plant and animal species that share your neighbourhood, you don't care about them and can't protect biodiversity. — Robert Bateman
Just as the natural environment depends on biodiversity, so the human environment depends on cultural diversity, because no one civilization encompasses all the spiritual, ethical and artistic expressions of mankind. — Jonathan Sacks
Biodiversity is the totality of all inherited variation in the life forms of Earth, of which we are one species. We study and save it to our great benefit. We ignore and degrade it to our great peril. — E. O. Wilson
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