“The immediate need for education and practice in using our natural resources of soil, forest, water, wildlife and areas of inspirational beauty to the best advantage of all, for this generation and others to come, is again apparent to every observant citizen.” NeedsWaterNaturalPracticeGenerationsCitizensResourcesAdvantageAreasForestsSoilWildlifeNatural ResourcesThis GenerationObservantInspirational Beauty Author:Walt Disney
“To the bird watcher, the suburbanite who derives joy from birds in his garden, the hunter, the fisherman or the explorer of wild regions, anything that destroys the wildlife of an area for even a single year has deprived him of pleasure to which he has a legitimate right. This is a valid point of view.” YearsJoyPleasureViewsBirdAreasGardenPoint Of ViewRegionsHuntersDeprivedWildlifeExplorersFishermanWatchersSilent Spring Book:Silent Spring Source: Silent Spring
“The end result of the adoption of permaculture strategies in any country or region will be to dramatically reduce the area of the agricultural environment needed by the households and the settlements of people, and to release much of the landscape for the sole use of wildlife and for re-occupation by endemic flora.” PeopleEndsCountryUseResultsEnvironmentNeededAreasStrategyReleaseLandscapeRegionsOccupationSoleHouseholdAdoptionWildlifeSettlementPermacultureEnd ResultsFlora Author:Bill Mollison
“While endangering one of the most pristine areas in the world, drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would do nothing to make our country more energy independent.” WorldCountryEnergyAreasIndependentOur CountryRefugeWildlifeArcticPristineDrilling Author:Tom Daschle
“Wilderness is a resource which can shrink but not grow. Invasions can be arrested or modified in a manner to keep an area usable either for recreation, science or for wildlife, but the creation of new wilderness in the full sense of the word is impossible. It follows, then, that any wilderness program is a rearguard action, through which retreats are reduced to a minimum.” ActionGrowsImpossibleCreationResourcesAreasProgramWildernessMinimumRetreatShrinksInvasionArrestedWildlifeRecreation Book:A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There Source: A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There
“With good planning, Africa can have cities, farms, factories, export processing zones. But if the political will is there, the huge areas - the Serengeti, the Okavango, the Kalahari, Kruger - these wonderful, huge places for wildlife could still be set aside and protected, and be treasures for humanity for many generations to come.” IfsStillsPoliticalHumanityCitiesWonderfulGenerationsHugeAreasPlanningTreasureZoneFarmsFactoriesProtectedWildlifeProcessingPolitical WillGood Planning Author:Patrick Bergin
“We are facing an enormous crisis in Africa right now in terms of illegal wildlife trafficking, which is decimating animal populations, destroying local economies, and funding armed insurgencies and terrorist syndicates. If we do not find solutions to this crisis now, there will be little habitat left beyond sparse areas of national parks that will serve as glorified zoos to small pockets of remaining animals.” IfsLittlesLeftTermAnimalEconomyRight NowSolutionsAreasCrisisPopulationTerroristEnormousLocalsParksPocketsIllegalDestroyingFundingWildlifeZoosHabitatNational ParksTraffickingInsurgencySyndicate Author:David Jeremiah Barron