I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance.
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- When you think of all the conflicts we have - whether those conflicts are local, whether they are regional or global - these conflicts are often over the management, the distribution of resources. If these resources are very valuable, if these resources are scarce, if these resources are degraded, there is going to be competition.also about government
- In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.also about government
- We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible.also about government
- It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem.also about environment
- But when you have bad governance, of course, these resources are destroyed: The forests are deforested, there is illegal logging, there is soil erosion. I got pulled deeper and deeper and saw how these issues become linked to governance, to corruption, to dictatorship.also about environment
- We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to conserve the environment so that we can bequeath our children a sustainable world that benefits all.also about environment