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A diverse ecosystem, with its variety of life forms and individual species. Over 250 million years ago, cataclysmic volcanic activity wiped out nearly all life on earth. The earths biodiversitythe rich variety of life on our planetis disappearing at an alarming rate. The importance of biodiversity to human life boundless. Stearns, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at yale university, has been engaged in issues. Sustaining life how human health depends on biodiversity edited by eric chivian and aaron bernstein. Biodiversity depends on biotechnology by christian verschueren wednesday, june 1, 2005 updated at 12. Biodiversity depends on biotechnology croplife international.
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