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Do we need new terms?—Coevolution or sustainable development—The rate of the innovative process and the speed at which “natural technologies” are formed—“Human activities mean one thing for the biosphere—disruption”—Questions for which there are no answers—Evolution of the biosphere “in a human direction” of humans “in the direction of the biosphere”—What is really behind the term “noosphere?”
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Examples of destroyed ecosystem restoration, such as putting down forests in place of tree farms, clearing obstructions from springs, etc., naturally do not belong to this category, since they are based on the application of natural, biotic means rather than technological ones. These more likely demonstrate to us the possibilities of “natural reconstruction” through the power of nature itself, in cases where humans abandon natural objects instead of engaging in ecophobic activities.
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Danilov-Danil’yan, V.I., Reyf, I.E. (2018). What About Coevolution?. In: The Biosphere and Civilization: In the Throes of a Global Crisis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67193-2_16
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