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Use it or lose it?

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During the decades that preceded the Iraq war there were two schools of view on how to deal with that country and its troublesome leader. People, they argue, are more important than bugs, and besides, the money will help pay to protect other conservation land. The other tricky area of use it or lose it is how you use it.

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Birds and People: A Book Review

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It’s very hard to organize the many ways in which human beings relate to avian beings into comprehensible text. We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds. and also Modern Iraq, Egypt, Albania, Mexico, Poland and the Philippines. As they say, the relationship is complicated.

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Should is not a Solution

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The way things should be is a very powerful motivating factor in human lives. And embattled minority should be protected. It’s a powerful motivator that has attracted millions of people from all around the world to devote time and money to protect these resources. A hungry child should be fed. I hear you. I really do.

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