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From Ecological History to World Ecology

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The Silent COUNTDOWN

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“From space, we see a small and fragile ball dominated not by human activity or edifice, but by a pattern of clouds, oceans, greenery and soils. Humanity’s inability to fit its doings into that pattern is changing planetary systems, fundamentally. Many such changes are accompanied by life-threatening hazards. This new reality, from which there is no escape must be recognized — and managed” (World Commission of Environment and Development).

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  1. UFR de Didactique - Université Paris 7, 2, place Jussieu, 75271, Paris, Cedex 05, France

    D. Hemery

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  1. School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK

    Peter Brimblecombe

  2. Historisches Institut, Universität Bern, Engehaldenstrasse 4, 3012, Bern, Switzerland

    Christian Pfister

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Deleage, J.P., Hemery, D. (1990). From Ecological History to World Ecology. In: Brimblecombe, P., Pfister, C. (eds) The Silent COUNTDOWN. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75159-2_3

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