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Article: Nature's unmined riches. (organisms as sources of new food and medicine) (World Trends & Forecasts: Resources)
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- The Futurist
- Article date:
- May 1, 1993
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Nature can provide new foods and cures for human ailments
With global resources dwindling, populations rising, new diseases afoot, and food often scarce in many areas of the world, an often overlooked solution stares us in the face--nature.
As research in the field of biodiversity progresses, experts are becoming more and more aware that the plethora of unique organisms in the world, along with their interconnected ecosystems, can offer potential sources of alternative foodstuffs and medicines.
According to biodiversity expert Edward O. Wilson, the curator of entomology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, making use of nature in ...