Endangered Plants
- Plants That Save Lives Need Saving Themselves
- "A global survey carried out by more than 100 botanists and other scientists has found that more than 10,000 species of medicinal plants face extinction, including many used in prescription drugs that cannot be commercially synthesised."
- Robinson Crusoe's Endangered Island
- "Daniel Defoe may have made this part of the world famous (although he never acknowledged in print that his fictional epic was inspired by Selkirk's adventures), but the real story of these dramatically beautiful islands is one of invasive alien species. "
- The Wild Maize Problem Persists
- "Genes from genetically engineered corn have been found in traditional crop strains in Mexico, said a new study that is likely to reignite a bitter controversy over biotech maize."
- Africa's Acacias Struck By Cancer
- "You can never underestimate the importance of the Acacia karroo. So anything that threatens its existence constitutes a major worry. We are particularly worried by its propensity to jump hosts."
- Plant Collectors Push Evolutionary Changes
- "Commercial collecting of wild plants in the Himalayas becomes unnatural selection."
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