Need for Nature

Living on Earth

Host Steve Curwood explores the “biophilia hypothesis”  ? a new scientific theory which says people depend on the variety of life . . . other animal and plant species . . . for their well-being. Edward O. Wilson of Harvard, a chief proponent of the theory, says that, if he’s right, preserving biological diversity could be the key to future human survival.

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