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Conclusion

Since their early evolution, humans have been altering the Earth. They have been pressing against the limitations of their own natural environments, and either dwindled, moved on to new locations, or developed trading or technological solutions through which they can overcome the natural limitations of particular locations. More recently, environmental problems of a new kind have emerged - global in scale, complex in interaction, and uncertain in extent and impact. They present new challenges for environmental management.