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Prehistory ‘offers climate lessons’

by catherinea | November 03, 2009
"In time, gradual woodland clearance crossed an ecological threshold - sharply defined in such desert environments - exposing the landscape to the region's extraordinary desert winds and the effects of El Nino floods."
- Oliver Whaley, Kew

An ancient civilisation which caused its own demise through forest clearance offers "important lessons for our management of fragile, arid areas", a report has claimed.

Report author Oliver Whaley, of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, said: "The mistakes of prehistory offer us important lessons for our management of fragile, arid areas in the present.

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