The Interconnectedness of All Life

The forest is one big thing – it has people, animals and plants. There is no point in saving the animals if the forest is burned down. There is no point in saving the forest if the animals and people are driven away. Those trying to save the animals cannot win if the people trying to save the forest lose.

Bepkororoti, quoted in “Amazonian Oxfam’s Work in the Amazon Basin”