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Nevertheless, nature is not only the source of food, building materials, medicines, decorative plants and interesting animals. It is a huge factory that '''maintains favourable living conditions''', secures clean air, soil fertility and stability, neutralises pollutants, retains greenhouse gases, etc. At the same time, it is a giant library – '''database''' in modern terminology – '''of all successful and failing survival strategies'''. Besides, the biosphere is also a source of aesthetic experiences. To ditch all this essential information, sources of material wealth and beauty irresponsibly and so quickly would probably entail the rapid demise of humanity. | Nevertheless, nature is not only the source of food, building materials, medicines, decorative plants and interesting animals. It is a huge factory that '''maintains favourable living conditions''', secures clean air, soil fertility and stability, neutralises pollutants, retains greenhouse gases, etc. At the same time, it is a giant library – '''database''' in modern terminology – '''of all successful and failing survival strategies'''. Besides, the biosphere is also a source of aesthetic experiences. To ditch all this essential information, sources of material wealth and beauty irresponsibly and so quickly would probably entail the rapid demise of humanity. | ||
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