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We're losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the planet's health and our own.

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Diane Ackerman
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 7
Author
Naturalist
Non-Fiction Writer
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Waukegan
Illinois
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Plant
Different
Rate
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Planet
Animals
Cornucopia
Planets
Alarming
Losing
Globally
Health
Biodiversity
Animal
Plants

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