Our Country, the Planet: Forging a Partnership for SurvivalLime Tree, 1992 - 291 pages |
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... Western companies to the plant and animal wealth of developing countries , and access by developing countries to the biotechnology needed to make commercial use of that wealth . Western governments maintain that they cannot force ...
... Western companies to the plant and animal wealth of developing countries , and access by developing countries to the biotechnology needed to make commercial use of that wealth . Western governments maintain that they cannot force ...
Page 94
... Western industrial countries , including Japan and Australia and New Zealand— constitute most of the 25 percent of the global population who con- sume most of the world's commercial energy . From 1970 to 1988 , a period that was one of ...
... Western industrial countries , including Japan and Australia and New Zealand— constitute most of the 25 percent of the global population who con- sume most of the world's commercial energy . From 1970 to 1988 , a period that was one of ...
Page 235
... Western societies themselves . But can an arroga- tion of authority by Western governments be ruled out ? The Economist was not the first to raise the possibility that Western countries might be tempted to force developing countries to ...
... Western societies themselves . But can an arroga- tion of authority by Western governments be ruled out ? The Economist was not the first to raise the possibility that Western countries might be tempted to force developing countries to ...
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Our Country, The Planet: Forging A Partnership For Survival Shridath S. Ramphal No preview available - 1992 |
Our Country, The Planet: Forging A Partnership For Survival Shridath S. Ramphal No preview available - 1992 |
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