People and the Earth Ecosystem

Subject Description:

This course emphasizes that life on Earth as we know it is an integrated and interdependent whole; its future is endangered by the impact of human development on natural resources; its survival for future generations will depend on concerted action to conserve and manage the environment as a self-sustaining resource base.

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