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Why are the world's plants disappearing – and can we save them?
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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Oct 30, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
In October, Kew Gardens released a report inspired by a dream of Charles Darwin’s. Described as the most comprehensive plant database ever produced, the State of the World’s Plants and Fungi 2023 report not only details the discoveries of over 18,000 new plant and fungi species since 2020 – but also the fact that many of these are already threatened with extinction. We spoke to one of the scientists behind the report – Dr Matilda Brown, conservation science analyst at RGB Kew – to learn more about why plants are disappearing all over the world and what we can do to save them.
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Released:
Oct 30, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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