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2、dies,theecosystemservicesthatcleanourwaterand6air;theseareallprovidedbytheNaturefromwhichwehaveevolvedand7ofwhichweareapart.Thisbookexamineswhywedenyorignorethis8dependenceandwhatwecandodifferentlytohelpsolvetheenvironmental9crisis.20111Writteninanaccessibleandengagingstyle,Washingtonprovidesan1exc
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6、Australia(photocourtesyIanBrown)Figure0.111112HumanDependenceon34Nature56Howtohelpsolvethe78environmentalcrisis91011123111HaydnWashington4Withaforewordby56ProfessorPaulR.Ehrlich7892011112345678930111123435678940111123445111Firstpublished2013byRoutledge2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,Oxon,OX144RNSim
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