The cutting of primeval forest and other disasters, fueled by the dema…

E. O. Wilson
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The cutting of primeval forest and other disasters, fueled by the demands of growing human populations, are the overriding threat to biological diversity everywhere. ✨ The Diversity of Life. Book by E. O. Wilson, 1992.
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