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Throughout it you will find references to human survival , in respect of both the threats we face from a degraded environment and the goals toward which solutions must be directed . Human survival implies the threat of extinction ...
Throughout it you will find references to human survival , in respect of both the threats we face from a degraded environment and the goals toward which solutions must be directed . Human survival implies the threat of extinction ...
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THE ancients understandably saw the four elements as great forces of nature holding humans at their mercy . The elements were equal in the ... Mobilizing energy to assist human activity has been man's primordial preoccupation for eons .
THE ancients understandably saw the four elements as great forces of nature holding humans at their mercy . The elements were equal in the ... Mobilizing energy to assist human activity has been man's primordial preoccupation for eons .
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constitutional guarantees of human rights and regional human rights conventions and commissions they have significantly advanced the protection of human rights . A similar statement of principles , perhaps an “ Earth Charter , ” would ...
constitutional guarantees of human rights and regional human rights conventions and commissions they have significantly advanced the protection of human rights . A similar statement of principles , perhaps an “ Earth Charter , ” would ...
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictThis book addresses the question: "If the development of the quarter of the world's people who are now rich has brought us all so close to the limits of sustainable living on Earth, how is the ... Read full review
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| Title | Our Country, the Planet: Forging a Partnership for Survival |
| Author | S. S. Ramphal |
| Publisher | Lime Tree, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Aug 2009 |
| ISBN | 0413455815, 9780413455819 |
| Length | 291 pages |
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