The problem of numbers can only be dealt with by recognizing that people have a fundamental right to economic security. If you provide them with economic and environmental security, the population will stabilize itself.
Vandana ShivaNature has gifted this rich biological diversity to us. We will not allow it to become the monopoly of a handful of corporations. We will keep it as the basis of our wealth and our sustenance.
Vandana ShivaCultivating and conserving diversity is no luxury in our times: it is a survival imperative.
Vandana ShivaThe poorest of families, the poorest of children, are subsidizing the growth of the largest agribusinesses in the world. I think itยs time we recognized that in free trade the poor farmer, the small farmer, is ending up having to pay royalties to the Monsantos of the world.
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