“Environmentalprotection is one of the three underlying pillars of sustainabledevelopment.

Continuing to think in “threes’, environmentalprotection is essential to preserving or maintaining the quality of life forsocieties worldwide.  It provides sustenance and livelihoods byproviding all humans with the three basic elements to sustain life: 1) access to arable, fertile and productive land; 2) clean air; and 3) clean,potable water.  

Whether a member of government, the private sector,academia, religious institutions or civil society, collectively we mustrecognize our role as environmental stewards of the earth’s resources to ensurehealthy and productive opportunities for future generations.”