… The Global Covenant concludes by justifying the pluralist society of sovereign states as one
that respects human diversity and upholds human freedom.-; Robert Jackson's The Global …

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Robert Jackson examines the birth and survival of Third World nations since the end of the
Second World War. He describes these countries as" quasi-states," arguing that they exist …

Scenarios of changes in biodiversity for the year 2100 can now be developed based on
scenarios of changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide, climate, vegetation, and land use and the …

Some forty independent states have emerged in Black Africa since 1956: one of the great
revolutions of the twentieth century. As European colonies, they had been carved out of the …

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The terrestrial carbon sink has been large in recent decades, but its size and location
remain uncertain. Using forest inventory data and long-term ecosystem carbon studies, we …

As the largest pool of terrestrial organic carbon, soils interact strongly with atmospheric
composition, climate, and land cover change. Our capacity to predict and ameliorate the …

For centuries, biologists have studied patterns of plant and animal diversity at continental
scales. Until recently, similar studies were impossible for microorganisms, arguably the most …

Although researchers have begun cataloging the incredible diversity of bacteria found in soil,
we are largely unable to interpret this information in an ecological context, including which …