Lost Civilisations
There are many instances of far older nations than New Zealand, of whole civilisations in fact, which have been wiped out and have disappeared as the result of unchecked soil erosion. There is an increasing volume of evidence to show that soil erosion has been a potent factor in ths decay of empires-in North China, in Mesopotamia, Persia, North Aftrica-and that soil deterioration has similar results in Central and South America. Where nations flourished in Asia and North Africa, desert. now rules, and despite the fact that there’s been no significant change of climate. It’s especially to all the "New Lands"-to all those areas into which Europe has oyerflowed in recent centuries-that the menace is very great. The threat here is a very real one.-(From Winter Course series: " The Use and Misuse of Our Soil," 3YA, June 12.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 54, 5 July 1940, Page 8
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140Lost Civilisations New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 54, 5 July 1940, Page 8
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