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…practiced since the beginning of humankind’s appearance of the planet. If the trend is not stopped, the patenting of transgenic plants and animals will soon lead to tenant farming in which farmers will loose their plants and animals from biotech conglomerates…

…, Africa, and in Southeast Asia. Although tropical rainforests cover just seven percent of the Earth's surface, they can provide habitat for between 50 and 90 percent of its plant and animal species. In 1990, tropical rainforests totaled some 1.7 billion…

…. The Great Ages began with The Old Stone Age starting at 100,000 BCE. The people lived in tribes and clans and often moved from place to place, hunting and gathering to live. They believed all life was sacred and all beings were divine, including animals…

…through rivers but it is still a bad pollutant. Agricultural run-off comes from farm land. It contains nitrates and fertilisers. These cause a build up of algae. The algae uses up all the oxygen so there is not any left for plants and animals. Pesticides which…

…l reefs are one of nature’s most magnificent creations, filled with thousands of unique and valuable plants and animals. More than one quarter of all marine animals is dependent on coral reefs. Coral reefs are also a source of food and income…

…continuation of research, the technological benefits of cloning clearly outweigh the possible social consequences. In their minds, final products of cloning, like farm animals, and laboratory mice will not be the most important achievement. The applications…

…with the gift, and now, sixty-four years later, Jubilee sits in her won chair in Goodall’s England home. Growing up, Jane was always fascinated by wildlife. She knew she wanted to study living animals since before she can remember. When she was four, living…

…some peoples chose not to farm, why some did not domesticate animals, and why production spread on different rates at different continents. In part three the author argues that the settled communities made possible by production of plant and animal food…

…blocked my next bite by reaching over me to point out the window. There before my eyes stood hundreds of cows. There they were, forced to live in a space suitable for a population half their size. All I could think was, "How can those poor animals breathe…

…for the villagers' bare survival. A baker, barkeep, barmaid, brewer, butcher, chef, cook, fisherman, farmer, hunter, pastry cook, taverns keeper, miller, innkeeper, and ale conner are but a few jobs involving getting food from animals or plants to a table. A baker, chef…