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If you fell the trees then you destroy human culture as well as the birds of paradise. People depend on the forest and the forest has always depended on us. We are as one.
— Benny Wenda
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "If you fell the trees then you destroy human culture as well as the birds of paradise. People depend on the forest and the forest has always depended on us. We are as one." in the context of "As forests are cleared and species vanish, there's one other loss: a world of languages" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Benny Wenda" (Quotes)
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About Benny Wenda
Benny Wenda is a West Papuan tribal leader and an international lobbyist for the independence of West Papua from Indonesia. He lives in exile in the United Kingdom.
About Benny Wenda
Benny Wenda is a West Papuan tribal leader and an international lobbyist for the independence of West Papua from Indonesia. He lives in exile in the United Kingdom.
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