Let Them Eat Shrimp Quotes

“Between two and three pounds of feed are needed to produce one pound of shrimp.”
― Kennedy Warne, Let Them Eat Shrimp: The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea

“A morte da e ofim da nossa vida. The death of the forest is the end of our life.
-Slogan on T-shirt worn by Sister Dorothy Stang, rainforest martyr of Brazil”
― Kennedy Warne, Let Them Eat Shrimp: The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea

“Mangroves are such a small part of the biosphere. They comprise less than half a percent of the world's forests, and occupy only one-thousandth of the land area of the planet. But they matter. They matter to organisms and ecological processes on land and sea, and they matter to millions of people. El manglar es nuestra casa-the mangrove is our home. It is a home worth protecting.”
― Kennedy Warne, Let Them Eat Shrimp: The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea

“The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased and not impaired in value.”
― Kennedy Warne, Let Them Eat Shrimp: The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea

“As Barry Commoner, US biologist and 1980 presidential candidate, formulated it in his Four Laws of Ecology:
Everything is connected to everything else.
Everything must go somewhere.
Nature knows best.
There is no such thing as a free lunch.”
― Kennedy Warne, Let Them Eat Shrimp: The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea

“The extent to which the disappearance of forests over the coming century may be slowed, and the extent to which forests will be effectively managed over the coming century, depends first and foremost upon the extent to which governments devolve their jurisdiction-and ideally ownership-over these estates to the local level.
-Liz ALDEN WILY, development consultant”
― Kennedy Warne, Let Them Eat Shrimp: The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea

“The farm must yield a place to the forest, not as a wood lot, or even as a necessary agricultural principle, but as a sacred grove-a place where the Creation is let alone, to serve as instruction, example, refuge.
-WENDELL BERRY, "The Body and the Earth”
― Kennedy Warne, Let Them Eat Shrimp: The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea

“In a few hours we sail round Cape Finisterre. I shall collect plants and fossils and make astronomic observations. But that's not the main purpose of my expedition-I shall try to find out how the forces of nature interact upon one another and how the geographic environment influences plant and animal life. In other words, I must find out about the unity of nature.
-ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT, Personal Narrative fa Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent”
― Kennedy Warne, Let Them Eat Shrimp: The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea

“Whenever Big Money goes up against the Environment, Big Money always wins.
-PAT CONROY The Prince of Tides”
― Kennedy Warne, Let Them Eat Shrimp: The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea

“Nature or Pachamama ["Mother Universe"] has the right to exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital cycles, structure, functions and processes in evolution.
The State will apply precaution and restrictive measures in all activities that can lead to the extinction of species, the destruction of ecosystems or the permanent alteration of natural cycles.
Persons, people, communities and nationalities have the right to benefit from the environment and from natural wealth that allows well-being.
-First, fourth, and fifth articles concerning rights of nature in Ecuador's new constitution, adopted in 2009”
― Kennedy Warne, Let Them Eat Shrimp: The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea

“The death of the forest is the end of our life.
-Slogan on T-shirt worn by Sister Dorothy Stang, rainforest martyr of Brazil”
― Kennedy Warne, Let Them Eat Shrimp: The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea

“Now this world is his world, the life of the forest his life.”
― Kennedy Warne, Let Them Eat Shrimp: The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea