The living world has become impoverished. Species are being lost every day. Energy and other resources are nearing exhaustion. The environment is deteriorating. Pollution is everywhere. Climate is changing. Natural balances are threatened.

Christian De Duve
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In this quote, George Bernard Shaw said that "the living world has become impoverished. Species are being lost every day. Energy and other resources are nearing exhaustion." In this quote, he captures the essence of conservation in all of its form. Conservation is a great struggle against the general trend of a society toward destruction and loss. The struggle to conserve cannot be won overnight, but it can be won over the long haul of history.

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