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Thus, most of us are propping up our current lifestyles, and our economic growth, by drawing and increasingly overdrawing upon the ecological capital of other parts of the world | Current Declines Dwarf Background Extinction Rate |
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A pie chart image showing the relative biomass representation in a rain forest through a summary of children's perceptions from drawings and artwork left , through a scientific estimate of actual biomass middle , and by a measure of biodiversity right | , a quarterly magazine published by the Society for Conservation Biology• Preserving genes, species, or ecosystems? 2006 Essentials of Conservation Biology |
These predictions will undoubtedly appear extreme, but it is difficult to imagine how such changes will not come to pass without fundamental changes in human behavior.
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