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Biodiversity and the city - Introduction
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The cities still grow all around the world, and are environments which are very modified by humans. The urban living conditions constitute as many constraints as opportunities for the biodiversity. It is omnipresent in town, and, according to the situation or the point of view, it is beneficial or problematic for the city-dwellers. With Nathalie Machon, we will discover those urban ecosystems.
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