Last year's badly handled closure of Senegal's biggest chemical plant has contributed to a reduction in industrial output.

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It also ignores the considerable value of services derived from the physical, biological, and chemical processes in natural ecosystems, including nutrient recycling, flood risk reduction, water cleaning and storage, climate regulation, and maintenance of biodiversity.

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Though Israel so far has not done so, it must insist that if it is to give up the defensive asset of the Golan Heights, there must be not only a demilitarized zone on the Golan, but also a reduction of Syria's armed forces and missiles, and a dismantling of its arsenal of chemical warfare.

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