Klaus Toepfer Human Quotations

It is a moral issue of the highest importance. By conserving the habitats of the great apes, we are helping to overcome poverty and to conserve the natural wealth upon which current and future human generations depend. It seems a small price to pay.

The extraordinary rise in both human populations and consumption levels leaves us no choice but to take innovative and ambitious actions to reverse the widespread destruction of species and ecosystems,

I've been asked whether we can justify trying to protect wildlife when there's so much human suffering on the planet but the two are actually not exclusive.

Americans are not the only victims. The evil hand of terrorists has hit the human race. We are all victims.

The near-total destruction of the Iraqi marshlands under the regime of Saddam Hussein was a major ecological and human disaster, robbing the Marsh Arabs of a centuries-old culture and way of life as well as food in the form of fish and that most crucial of natural resources, drinking water,

The near total destruction of the Iraqi marshlands was a major ecological and human disaster, robbing the Marsh Arabs of a centuries-old culture and way of life,

Not only is the toll a human tragedy, but it means these people are less able to carry on productive lives, and this undermines social and economic development.