Citas sobre humedales

• For many of us, water simply flows from a faucet, and we think little about it beyond this point of contact. We have lost a sense of respect for the wild river, for the complex workings of a wetland, for the intricate web of life that water supports.

  Sandra Postel

  Rain, Science, Thinking

  Sandra Postel (2014). “The Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity”, p.184, Routledge

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• La erosión natural había reducido las islas barrera críticas del Golfo, resultado de la destrucción de unos 300.000 acres de humedales. Esto equivalía a 30 millas de marismas.

  Mortimer Zuckerman

  Islands, Erosion, Acres

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• Los ecologistas cambiaron la palabra selva por bosque tropical, porque nadie les daría dinero para salvar una selva. Lo mismo con pantanos y humedales.

  George Carlin

  Rain, Giving, Swamps

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• Im a strong proponent of the restoration of the wetlands, for a lot of reasons. Theres a practical reason, though, when it comes to hurricanes: The stronger the wetlands, the more likely the damage of the hurricane.

  George W. Bush

  Strong, Restoration, Damage

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• I look at it this way... For centuries now, man has done everything he can to destroy, defile, and interfere with nature: clear-cutting forests, strip-mining mountains, poisoning the atmosphere, over-fishing the oceans, polluting the rivers and lakes, destroying wetlands and aquifers... so when nature strikes back, and smacks him on the head and kicks him in the nuts, I enjoy that. I have absolutely no sympathy for human beings whatsoever. None. And no matter what kind of problem humans are facing, whether it's natural or man-made, I always hope it gets worse.

  George Carlin

  Ocean, Cutting, Men

  "George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing". TV Special, www.imdb.com. 2005.

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• Los humanos somos una especie incipiente, de apenas 150.000 años de antigüedad. Pero, armados con un enorme cerebro, no sólo hemos sobrevivido, sino que hemos utilizado nuestro ingenio para adaptarnos y prosperar en hábitats tan variados como los desiertos, la tundra ártica, las selvas tropicales, los humedales y las altas cordilleras.

  David Suzuki

  Mountain Ranges, Years, Brain

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• Hoy en día, nuestros incentivos no están bien establecidos: se puede ganar mucho dinero quemando combustibles fósiles, excavando humedales, bombeando agua fósil de acuíferos que tardarán 10.000 años en recargarse, sobreexplotando especies en aguas internacionales que están a punto de colapsarse, etcétera.

  Ramez Naam

  Acuíferos, Años, Agua

  "Preguntas y respuestas con Ramez Naam: Diálogos sobre el medio ambiente". Entrevista con Mark Tercek, bigthink.com.

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• Las naciones "desarrolladas" habían otorgado al "libre mercado" el estatus de dios, y estaban sacrificando en su beneficio a sus agricultores, tierras de cultivo y comunidades, sus bosques, humedales y praderas, sus ecosistemas y cuencas hidrográficas. Habían aceptado la contaminación universal y el calentamiento global como costes normales de hacer negocios.

  Wendell Berry

  Sacrificio, Ecosistemas, Comunidad

  Wendell Berry (2001). "En presencia del miedo: tres ensayos para un mundo cambiado".

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• The number of people displaced by dams is estimated at between 40 million and 80 million, most of them in China and India. The costs of dams were on average 50% above their original estimate. Some designed to reduce flooding made it worse, and there were many unexpected environmental disadvantages, including the extinction of fish and bird species. Half the world's wetlands had been lost because of dams.

  Paul Brown

  Average, Numbers, People

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• Tundra is a huge, forever frozen wetland covering the entire coast of the Arctic Ocean.

  Palmer Cox

  Ocean, Forever, Covering

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• A scientist with a poet's command of language, Cristina Eisenberg writes with precision and passion . . . takes her reader on a breathtaking, sometimes heartbreaking tour of the planet from the Gulf of Maine to the Amazonian rain forests, the tropical coral reefs to old growth forests of the Northwest as well as rivers, lakes, and wetlands. I found the wealth of information not only accessible but riveting . . . Eisenberg's powerful, beautifully written book . . . has the potential to open many people's eyes, minds, and hearts.

  Elizabeth Cunningham

  Powerful, Rain, Book

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• In D.C., I've passed amendments to allocate $6.3 million to keep our waterways open for business, $1 million as a down payment on our wetland restoration - our natural storm protection - and $5 million to ensure that drilling permits are reviewed thoroughly and efficiently.

  Cedric Richmond

  Storm, Restoration, Protection

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• Some types of environmental restoration projects are well-known; restored wetlands, for instance, or coal mine reclamation projects. Recently though, larger dam removal projects have started, a number of them in Washington state.

  Matt González

  Numbers, Environmental, Restoration

  "Restore Hetch Hetchy Valley, Vote Yes! on Proposition F" by Matt Gonzalez, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 5, 2012.

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• He imagines Owens' body dotted with saltwater reservoirs just below the skin. An entire wetland, populated with tiny fish and birds, thriving in his agitation. A species of dwarf crocodile lazing beside an artery.

  Lisa Ling

  Dwarves, Bird, Skins

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• Explaining why President Bush wasn't following up on his campaign pledge that there would be no loss of wetlands: He didn't say that. He was reading what was given to him in a speech.

  Richard Darman

  Reading, Loss, President

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• He didn't say that. He was reading what was given to him in a speech.

  Richard Darman

  Smart, Reading, Political

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