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For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.

Jacques Yves Cousteau
Nature, Travel, Ocean
Statement by the Minister for Agriculture, Sharon Dijksma, at the opening of the Global Oceans Action Summit for Food Security and Blue Growth, www.government.nl. April 22, 2014.
For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.