Quotes about biodiversity (14 Quotes)




    Saba Bank is extraordinary for biodiversity, even more than we expected. Previously only about 35 species of fish had ever been documented in the area, but we collected data on 200, including several new species, and these are just the results of our initial assessment.




    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.

    In 2002 governments meeting at the World Summit on Sustainable Development agreed to reverse the rate of loss of biodiversity by 2010 including in the marine world. Our valuable association with 3D Entertainment has allowed us to convey the importance of marine wildlife conservation to vast audiences, and we are thrilled this project has been so well received across countries and cultures.

    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.

    It's now widely accepted that a biodiversity-rich place, when properly protected, will seed biodiversity elsewhere. Saba Bank is such a place, a keystone location of extraordinary significance to the entire Caribbean.

    The other two are protection of biodiversity and preservation of the local ranching economy. We have a guiding framework that's helping managers plan for their individual parcels with all those goals in mind.

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






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