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If you want to maintain a sustainable supply of fish you have to farm the fish, rather than mine them. So putting your money into fishing fleets that are going to exacerbate the problem by over-fishing is not the way to preserve the underlying asset.


Maurice Strong


#exacerbate #farm #fish #fishing #fleets

In addition to this, they already have a fuel cell car on the road in Japan. It is subsidized from within the corporation because they are still at a high cost.


Maurice Strong


#already #because #car #cell #corporation

Most of my supporters are people who actually know me. I just continue to do the best I can and I don't bother to try and respond to every little bit because the best response is just to keep on doing what you think is right.


Maurice Strong


#because #best #bit #bother #continue

Nevertheless, the concept of sustainable development is now known - even amongst those who haven't accepted it - and it's recognized, debated and followed by an increasing number of businesses.


Maurice Strong


#amongst #businesses #concept #debated #development

Not to say that corporations are perfect today, but even grand corporations like Dupont have made immense progress in translating some of their past environmentally damaging practices into new profit opportunities.


Maurice Strong


#damaging #dupont #environmentally #even #grand

Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and his example still is an important asset to the whole environmental movement.


Maurice Strong


#asset #been #environmental #environmental movement #example

The Prime Minister of India, at a meeting that I co-chaired a few months ago, stated that any development that is not sustainable is not development.


Maurice Strong


#any #development #few #i #india

We in the industrialized world make a greater difference because our ecological footprint, our impact on the condition of the environment, is 40 to 50 times larger than that of people in the developing world.


Maurice Strong


#condition #developing #developing world #difference #ecological






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