James Brody
February 21st, 2009, 01:19 PM
Multiple interpretations!
JimB
"Most Wars Occur In Earth's Richest Biological Regions
"ScienceDaily (Feb. 21, 2009) — In a startling result, a new study published by in the journal Conservation Biology found that more than 80 percent of the world's major armed conflicts from 1950-2000 occurred in regions identified as the most biologically diverse and threatened places on Earth.
"The study by leading international conservation scientists compared major conflict zones with the Earth's 34 biodiversity hotspots identified by Conservation International (CI). The hotspots are considered top conservation priorities because they contain the entire populations of more than half of all plant species and at least 42 percent of all vertebrates, and are highly threatened."
More at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220110910.htm
JimB
"Most Wars Occur In Earth's Richest Biological Regions
"ScienceDaily (Feb. 21, 2009) — In a startling result, a new study published by in the journal Conservation Biology found that more than 80 percent of the world's major armed conflicts from 1950-2000 occurred in regions identified as the most biologically diverse and threatened places on Earth.
"The study by leading international conservation scientists compared major conflict zones with the Earth's 34 biodiversity hotspots identified by Conservation International (CI). The hotspots are considered top conservation priorities because they contain the entire populations of more than half of all plant species and at least 42 percent of all vertebrates, and are highly threatened."
More at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220110910.htm