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EP14: Why The Balsam Bashers Might Be Wrong: A New Way Of Looking At Invasive Plants
EP14: Why The Balsam Bashers Might Be Wrong: A New Way Of Looking At Invasive Plants
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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Jul 11, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Robin Harford discusses with Pete Yeo from Future Flora why invasive plants may actually be good for the environment. Does the science stack up in favour of the balsam bashers? As well as the parallels and phobia over ‘immigrant plants’ with nationalism and the racist hysteria of ‘foreigners’. Is there such a thing as a native plant?
Released:
Jul 11, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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