# No One Will Protect What They Don't Care About and No One Will Care About What They Have Never Experienced by David Attenborough > "No one will protect what they don't care about; and no one will care about what they have never experienced." > **— David Attenborough**, *Conservation statement, widely cited* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Conservation statement, widely cited. ## Sources and Context - **Source lead requiring final verification:** [Conservation statement, widely cited](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Attenborough) — the supplied dossier points here, but exact wording, attribution, or complete source context has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary or sufficiently authoritative source. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Whole Earth|Whole Earth]] - **Article:** [[articles/How Meteorology, Climatology, and Climate Data Shape the World|How Meteorology, Climatology, and Climate Data Shape the World]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Are "Going" to Mars through the Marsification of Earth|We Are Going to Mars through the Marsification of Earth]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Greatest Transformation in Human History|The Greatest Transformation in Human History]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Whole Earth|Whole Earth]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "No one will protect what they don't care about; and no one will care about what they have never experienced." — David Attenborough, Conservation statement, widely cited https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-david-attenborough-protect-care-about-care-about ```