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		<title>Professor David Downes</title>
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		<description>Biodiversity &amp; Wildlife, Law 681-001</description>
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		<copyright>Copyright 2012 Professor David Downes</copyright>
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			<title><![CDATA[Biodiversity enables ecosystems to be more productive]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Research in Patagonia suggests that a reduction in the number of species reduces an ecosystem&apos;s productivity, i.e. its capacity to sequester carbon.]]></description>
			<link>http://www.wcl.american.edu/blog/ddownes/entry/2175</link>
			<category>What is Biodiversity</category>
			<author>d.downes@comcast.net (David Downes)</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:59:47 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Biodiversity in the human ecosystem]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Bacteria that live on and in the human body have 10 times the number of genes found in the human genome,  and distinctive types of bacteria are specialized to live in particular areas such as the inside of the elbow or the inner forearm.  &quot;Bacte]]></description>
			<link>http://www.wcl.american.edu/blog/ddownes/entry/2174</link>
			<category>What is Biodiversity</category>
			<author>d.downes@comcast.net (David Downes)</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 02:00:28 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[International Law of Biodiversity -- Course Description]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Current information on this course is available in the Summer 2008 course listings posted by the Office of the Registrar.]]></description>
			<link>http://www.wcl.american.edu/blog/ddownes/entry/2149</link>
			<category>What is Biodiversity</category>
			<author>d.downes@comcast.net (David Downes)</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:51:38 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Blog Plans]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[I plan to use this blog to post occasionally on topics relevant to the course scheduled for
the 2008 AU WCL Environmental Law Summer Session entitled &quot;International Law of Biodiversity.&quot;]]></description>
			<link>http://www.wcl.american.edu/blog/ddownes/entry/2144</link>
			<category>What is Biodiversity</category>
			<author>d.downes@comcast.net (David Downes)</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:55:15 GMT</pubDate>
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