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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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