Finding Common Ground - John Liu
Restoring the Earth
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53m
Planet Earth provides us with air, water, food and energy - all that is necessary for life to flourish but human beings have begun to alter the earth and increasingly we are experiencing the consequences. Ecological restoration is the great work of our time. Presented by John Liu
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Women of the Gobi - John Liu
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