Huge tracts of forest disappeared under the plough to provide crops for a relentlessly rising population.

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The Malthusian crash was staved off in the 19th century by bringing more land under the plough in North America, Argentina and Australia especially.

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They have also increased yields to produce more food from the same amount of land, so less wilderness has to be put under the plough.

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The producers argue that the engineered traits such as resistance to certain brands of herbicide or types of insects and virus actually do ecological good by reducing chemical use and improving yields so that less land needs to go under the plough.

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Firstly, it should be noted that Schering-Plough has accomplished a significant turnaround under the leadership of Fred Hassan.

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The ENHANCE study was run by Schering-Plough under an arrangement in which Merck and Schering divvied up key clinical trials.

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Meanwhile the summit of UK tourism ministers in Glasgow chaired by Scottish tourism minister Alasdair Morrison is expected to discuss calls for Chancellor Gordon Brown to plough extra resources into hotel and catering firms under pressure from the knock-on effects of foot-and-mouth.

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Meanwhile, the easy growth for Pegasys could soon end, as Schering-Plough is starting to fight back under new Chief Executive Fred Hassan.

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