Welcome to Biodiversity Hawke's Bay

Without habitat we have nothing.

Sir David Bellamy

There can be no purpose more enspiriting

There can be no purpose more enspiriting than to begin the age of restoration, reweaving the wondrous diversity of life that still surrounds us.

E. O. Wilson

It is that range of biodiversity that we must care for

It is that range of biodiversity that we must care for - the whole thing - rather than just one or two stars.

David Attenborough

Look deep

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

Albert Einstein

If we pollute the air, water and soil

If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.

David Suzuki

The value of biodiversity

The value of biodiversity is that it makes our ecosystems more resilient, which is a prerequisite for stable societies; its wanton destruction is akin to setting fire to our lifeboat.

Johan Rockstrom

A thing is right

A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.

Aldo Leopold

Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived

Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?

Jane Goodall

Nature has introduced great variety into the landscape

Nature has introduced great variety into the landscape, but man has displayed a passion for simplifying it. Thus he undoes the built-in checks and balances by which nature holds the species within bounds.

Rachel Carson