Wangari Maathai Quotes

But when you have bad governance, of course, these resources are destroyed: The forests are deforested, there is illegal logging, there is soil erosion. I got pulled deeper and deeper and saw how these issues become linked to governance, to corruption, to dictatorship.

- Wangari Maathai

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Governance | Resources | Destroyed | Forests | Deforested |

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