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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Putting tourism on a sustainable path is a major challenge, requiring partnership and cooperation within the tourism industry, and between the industry, governments and tourists themselves.
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This is a real environmental and health achievement.
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This is a real environmental and health achievement and I pay tribute to all those governments, companies and others such as the World Bank who kept this promise.
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A renaissance in environmental politics and policy does not come in a vacuum. It needs the long-term commitment and vision of men and women. It needs people who have been and continue to be Champions of the Earth.
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In terms of the environment, the two organizing committees are taking forward a green torch first lit at Lillehammer, Norway in 1994,
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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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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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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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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 findings in this atlas are speaking a very clear language,
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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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We must convince and empower people to adopt the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity as their guiding principle,
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The peoples of the Arctic and the small islands of this world face many of the same threats.
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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.