“I think we’ve run out of time. This is the decadal challenge, and those of us alive can begin to change the course and put us back on the right track.”

“My government has pledged to protect this biodiversity—to protect our flora and fauna communities. And for that we have taken up the challenge to plant ten billion trees.”

“We must together think but also act differently. As conserving nature is not just a moral issue, but it is also a question of survival.”

“In the fight against climate change, in our struggle to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement, there is simply no viable pathway without protecting the world’s forests.”

“We know that our only chance to have a possibility of liveable environment with functioning life support systems on a stable planet is if we become stewards of both nature and climate, as an integrated whole.”

“While the loss of nature might often seem far away, it connects all of us, causing disruption, devastation and hardship.”