Who or what has defended those last outposts of ferns, butterflies, beetles and ants from humankind?
In the past, I have often answered this question with achievements campaigns, masterpieces, spiritual or literal changes to humankind and the world.
Environment Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk outlined a series of measures his department is considering to balance "the needs of humankind and the needs of nature".
It expresses an entire culture s ideas about humankind and nature.
"Those who feel like they can intimidate our fellow citizens to take out their anger don't represent the best of America, they represent the worst of humankind and they should be ashamed of that kind of behaviour, " he said.
Aneesh Raman reports this month on how the destruction of holy sites and the theft of ancient treasures won't just affect Iraqis, but all of us: Some of the lost artifacts are as old as our modern civilization and belong to humankind's collective memory.
The 27-year-old Gagarin made a single orbit around the planet and the possibilities for humankind changed overnight.
But that evening his body was compressing: the weight of the air was on him, flattening his libido and his trust in humankind.
This is one of the most important issues facing humankind, and maybe Turner and Nunn can get Congress and the country to pay attention to it.
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In an era of globalized economic, financial, social and environmental crises, the quest for the intellectual and moral solidarity of humankind has become an urgent imperative to build the foundations for sustainable peace.
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Facebook is the largest communication and discovery network in the history of humankind, but the company has been getting a lot of attention from investors and the press over concernes about their monetization strategy.
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Mr Yousaf said the award recognised the "tireless efforts" of those who followed in the footsteps of Burns to celebrate "freedom, liberty and the brotherhood - and sisterhood - of all humankind".
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The President said this calls for sharing the advances of science and technology for the benefit of all humankind.
It designed the greatest two tennis sneakers in the history of humankind, the Rod Laver and the Stan Smith.
Humankind has always been, and always will be, in need of trust.
We were "learning the language with which God created life" and with this profound new knowledge "humankind would gain immense new power to heal".
All cultures and civilizations contribute to the enrichment of humankind.
Not since Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, or Alexander Graham Bell the telephone, has a human invention empowered so many and offered so much possibility for benefiting humankind.
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The purpose of this order is to remove these limitations on scientific inquiry, to expand NIH support for the exploration of human stem cell research, and in so doing to enhance the contribution of America's scientists to important new discoveries and new therapies for the benefit of humankind.
UNESCO's unique role within the UN family of preserving the universal heritage of humankind begins at the highest legal and intergovernmental levels, descending through the practical and technical levels, down to grass-roots advocacy and hands-on fieldwork.
By working with leading scientific institutions, we will collate data and catalogue life forms and unlock the wonders of the oceans still unknown to humankind or science.
Then the Internet will truly realize its potential as a court of humankind - seeking the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
In severing sex from procreation, humankind set into motion forces that have by now shaped and reshaped almost every aspect of life in the Western world.
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Using almost every type of telescope known to humankind, Prof Marscher believes he has worked out where and how the jets - or blazars - are formed.
The lesson of Bosnia is that our democratic and free world which seeks to uphold the highest values bestowed on humankind, could no longer watch as ordinary civilians were butchered.
Down in Chiapas, where pesos are few, reasons for celebration fewer and bail-outs for those who lack either fewer still, humankind has had to worry about something more basic: staying alive.
We know since the industrial revolution, we humankind have been burning carbon-rich fuels in measurable and ever-increasing amounts.
Either global warming is the greatest crisis ever to confront humankind, or it is a lefty plot completely manufactured by scientists and politicians in pursuit of research funding and control over our lives.
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At the Forum, delegates will share their experiences and seek ways that UNESCO can use its mandate to promote a better future for humankind.
The research contributes to a more complex picture that has been emerging of humankind during the Late Pleistocene, the period when modern humans left Africa and started to colonise the rest of the world.
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