Klaus Toepfer
Klaus Toepfer
Klaus Töpferis a German politicianand environmental politics expert. From 1998 to 2006 he was executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme...
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There is clear and growing evidence of a link between reverence for the land and a breadth of unique and special plants and animals. Sadly, sacred sites are also under threat, and there is an urgent need to help local, indigenous and traditional peoples safeguard their heritage. This can do much to conserve the biological and genetic diversity upon which we all depend.
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There are encouraging examples of ecosystems being managed for the long-term to create wealth for poor communities, but there is still a huge job to do. Natural resources can be properly used to greatly reduce poverty. The time has come to reverse the course of worsening diseases, depleted natural resources, political instability, inequality, and the social corrosion of angry generations that have no means to rise out of poverty.
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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,
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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.
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Sustainable construction is one way to show social responsibility to a world now threatened with environmental disaster, especially from global warming. We have to do everything in our means to ease this crisis at every level, beginning in your home and your company.
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It is clear from this report, and from a series of other studies published throughout the year, that the environment is something like the red ribbon running through the Millennium Development Goals.
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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.
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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,
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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,
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I'm utterly convinced that it should not be included in any type of (agreement).
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Small cetaceans are amongst the most well loved and charismatic creatures on the planet,
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that investigation at these locations wasn't necessary anymore. That is very clearly not correct.
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While the re-flooding bodes well for the Iraqi marshes, their recovery will take many years, ... We must continue to monitor the situation carefully and make the necessary long-term investment in marshlands management.
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While the most important solutions to climate change will remain energy efficiency and cleaner energy sources ... capturing and storing carbon dioxide can supplement these other efforts.