My ideas about conservation and development and saving the world have changed. I realize now that the most important wildlife conservation, especially in developing countries, has a lot to do with telling poor people who rely on natural resources how to live their lives... . I realize now that the biggest threat to our biodiversity is probably poverty, and the systems that drive people to degrade the environment, rather than the people themselves.
My ideas about conservation, development, and saving the world have changed. I realize now that the most important wildlife conservation has to do with the people who rely on natural resources to live their lives. The biggest threat to biodiversity is poverty and the systems that drive environmental degradation.