Our Country, the Planet: Forging a Partnership for SurvivalLime Tree, 1992 - 291 pages |
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Page 62
... land has led to erosion , and at the height of the dry period , three times as much dust as normal , African topsoil , blew as far away as Barbados , 4,700 kilome- ters across the Atlantic . This is all now largely forgotten because it ...
... land has led to erosion , and at the height of the dry period , three times as much dust as normal , African topsoil , blew as far away as Barbados , 4,700 kilome- ters across the Atlantic . This is all now largely forgotten because it ...
Page 130
... land area of the world . Property rights need not be individual . Over the centuries , people have shared the fruits of the land and the resources of nature . They have evolved sophisticated codes for maintaining the value of common ...
... land area of the world . Property rights need not be individual . Over the centuries , people have shared the fruits of the land and the resources of nature . They have evolved sophisticated codes for maintaining the value of common ...
Page 158
... land being put to the plow . Countries with high population growth rates tend to in- crease the amount of cultivated land faster than those with less popula- tion pressure . Soon these countries will run out of land . In Latin America ...
... land being put to the plow . Countries with high population growth rates tend to in- crease the amount of cultivated land faster than those with less popula- tion pressure . Soon these countries will run out of land . In Latin America ...
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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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