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Gardeners and Nature lovers already appreciate the botanical wonders around us, but plants are more than floral beauties. We owe the air we breathe to them, all of our food, and most of our medicine, chemicals and housing. Animals from elephants to ants depend on plant-life. And the world's flora has an equally intimate relationship with the birds, insects, mammals and humans around them.

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What If We Paid For The Resources We Really Use?  

"The economic case for global action to stop the destruction of the natural world is even more powerful than the argument for tackling climate change, a major report for the United Nations will declare this summer."

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A Symbiotic Relationship That Moves Mountains  

"Few plants can grow without soil and even fewer are capable of growing on nothing but bare rock.Yet some species of desert cactus manage this extraordinary feat, and now scientists have worked out how."

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Lichens' Untold Secret  

"Lichens are the classic example of a symbiotic relationship. Both the fungal and photobiont components of the lichen benefit from the relationship and often are unable to survive without each other. Recent research… explore(s) the possibility of lichens as domesticators, similar to early farmers domesticating grains."

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