Knowledge of medicinal plants at risk as dialects die
Jun 18, 2021
2 minutes
By Phoebe Weston
Knowledge of medicinal plants is at risk of disappearing as human languages become extinct, a new study has warned.
Indigenous languages contain vast amounts of knowledge about eco system services provided by the natural world around them. However, more than 30% of the 7,400 languages on the
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