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World Service,10 Sep 2005,25 mins

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Ronald Wright discusses the cycles of man's exploitation and subsequent destruction of nature leading to the end of civilisations. One example is that of Easter Island. Is our civilisation doomed too? Presenter: Owen Bennett-Jones.

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