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Biological Diversity: What it is and Why it is Important
| Author: | World Resources Institute |
| Date: | 1991 |
| Description: | Our species entered the industrial age with a population of one billion and with biological diversity--the total of genes, species, and ecosystems on earth--possibly at an all-time high. Biological resources--the portion of diversity of actual or potential use to people--were freely available for exploitation to support development. |
| Type: | Article |
| URL: | http://www.wri.org |
| Date entered: | 2004-03-15 |
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