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When it comes to carbon capture, tree invasions can do more harm than good

New orchid species from Guiana Highlands named by Indigenous group

[Photos] Tiny frog, venomous viper among 20 new species described in Bolivia

Podcast: Lemur love and award-winning plant passion in Madagascar

Amazon botanist Sir Ghillean Prance: ‘The environmental crisis is a moral one’

Colombia, ethnobotany, and America’s decline: An interview with Wade Davis

Latin America has twice the plant life of Africa, SE Asia

Study revealing New Guinea’s plant life ‘first step’ toward protection

In the Scottish moorlands, plots planted with trees stored less carbon than untouched lands: Study

New Guinea has the most plant species of any island

Dayak women of Indonesia resist gender inequality exacerbated by palm oil production

Research points to low forensic capacity to tackle timber fraud in U.S.

Venezuelan crisis: Caring for priceless botanical treasures in a failed state

Building a global inventory of plants: Q&A with botanist Patrick Weigelt

Regreening a barren Rohingya refugee camp on Myanmar’s border

In Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa, Gullele Botanical Garden captivates city dwellers

Tropical trees grow most easily where they are rare

Brazil’s plant biodiversity still not fully present in its seed banks

How small is too small? The uncertain fate of Madagascar’s forest fragments

‘Revolutionary’ new biodiversity maps reveal big gaps in conservation

The people of Ethiopia’s forests

Tropics’ tallest tree found in Malaysia

Cunning carnivorous plants catch more prey by letting some go

Next big idea in forest conservation? DNA fingerprinting trees to stem illegal logging

Next big idea in forest conservation? Applying genomics to conservation issues

Amazon’s vast rainforest dominated by few tree species

Characteristics of nutmeg family explored

Plants re-grow after five centuries under the ice

Botanists discover cave-dwelling plant

Struggling to conserve seed biodiversity: the gaps and wisdom in current research

Climate change to favor trees over grasses in Africa

How fruit defines Borneo

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