Quotes View the list Planting native species in our gardens and communities is increasingly important, because indigenous insects, birds and wildlife rely on them. “The message is simple: love and conserve our wildlife.” —Unknown “The future of wildlife and the habitat that they depend on is being destroyed.It is time to make nature and all the beauty living within it our priority.” —Paul Oxton “If we save our wild places, we will ultimately save ourselves.” —Steve Irwin - Ellen Burns Sherman Arbor Day, Forest Quotes, International Day of Forests / By Nanno. Wildlife Quotes: On the economic nonsense of destroying Nature “When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realise, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can’t eat money.” Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. 28 Forest Quotes – Trees Quotes. ... Forest Quotes – Plant and Care for Trees “What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.” » Mahatma Gandhi "The more civilized man becomes, the more he needs and craves a great background of forest wildness, to which he may return like a contrite prodigal from the husks of an artificial life."