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Already , however , we have done more than any other species to change the ancient garden for good and ill . We developed agricultural skills within the last few hours and greatly enlarged the garden's capacity to sustain life .
Already , however , we have done more than any other species to change the ancient garden for good and ill . We developed agricultural skills within the last few hours and greatly enlarged the garden's capacity to sustain life .
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But they teem with life and are host to nearly half Earth's biological species . They are the habitat of a bewildering profusion of plant life : trees and shrubs ; climbers and lianas ; epiphytes and parasites ; lichens , moss , algae ...
But they teem with life and are host to nearly half Earth's biological species . They are the habitat of a bewildering profusion of plant life : trees and shrubs ; climbers and lianas ; epiphytes and parasites ; lichens , moss , algae ...
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One result would be large - scale species loss . NO ONE knows how many species of plants and animals there are in the world . So far , scientists have named and documented 1.4 million . Educated guesses of the total number range from 5 ...
One result would be large - scale species loss . NO ONE knows how many species of plants and animals there are in the world . So far , scientists have named and documented 1.4 million . Educated guesses of the total number range from 5 ...
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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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