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... plants that have developed harmonious ways of liv- ing in it . Too often this institutional environmentalism that modern states are developing is yet another instance of top - down state paternalism . It is the state taking over ...
... plants that have developed harmonious ways of liv- ing in it . Too often this institutional environmentalism that modern states are developing is yet another instance of top - down state paternalism . It is the state taking over ...
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... plants , and nearly 36,800 kilometres by emergent aquatic plants . A further 32,000 kilometres were infested by algae . ) Weeds , which are primary colonizers , are very difficult to control . They grow rapidly , adapt to wide- ly ...
... plants , and nearly 36,800 kilometres by emergent aquatic plants . A further 32,000 kilometres were infested by algae . ) Weeds , which are primary colonizers , are very difficult to control . They grow rapidly , adapt to wide- ly ...
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... plant on the Colorado , near Yuma , Arizona . The plant , which was to be completed by 1991 , will supply water to ... plants , leaving behind salts to concen- trate in the soil . Water returning to the groundwaters and rivers carries ...
... plant on the Colorado , near Yuma , Arizona . The plant , which was to be completed by 1991 , will supply water to ... plants , leaving behind salts to concen- trate in the soil . Water returning to the groundwaters and rivers carries ...
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