There's nothing new m worries about man's effect on the natural world Indeed, that history runs deeper (and wider) than latter-day environmentalists would have it.
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Grove, R. The origins of environmentalism. Nature 345, 11–14 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/345011a0
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