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New assessment method finds close to one-third of tropical Africa’s plants are potentially facing extinction

Lawsuit against Indonesian coal plant reveals permit irregularities

Biodiversity ‘not just an environmental issue’: Q&A with IPBES ex-chair Robert Watson

Study tracks first incursion of poachers into ‘pristine’ African forest

Wilderness cuts the risk of extinction for species in half

Climate change threatens some island conifers with extinction

‘Radically changing’ a rare Mauritian plant’s story: Q&A with ecologist Prishnee Bissessur

Wild orchid trade in China is huge, overlooked and ‘devastating,’ study finds

Mysterious plants that thrive in darkness, steal food: Q&A with botanist Kenji Suetsugu

New orchid species from Japan lives on dark forest floor, never blooms

New toolkit identifies multiple species from environmental DNA

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

Two ferns presumed extinct found on remote Australian mountaintops

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

Making room for wild foods in forest conservation

From over 100,000 species assessments in IUCN update, zero improvements

Newly described tree species from Tanzania is likely endangered

More than 10,000 animals and plants seized in massive global operation

Are plants conscious? The debate rages on

Nearly 600 plant species have gone extinct in last 250 years

‘You don’t find orchids; they find you’: Q&A with botanist Edicson Parra

Study reveals a fragile web of knowledge linking plants to people

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

Earth’s hidden tree-microbe network mapped for the first time ever

Plants are working hard to keep pace with increasing carbon dioxide

Ñembi Guasu: Huge new conservation area in Bolivia’s Gran Chaco

How climate change could throw Māori culture off-balance

At 2,624 years, a bald cypress is oldest known living tree in eastern North America

Hunting for rare plants in inaccessible spots: Q&A with drone pilot Ben Nyberg

‘To save a forest you have to destroy a nicer one’: U.S. Marines target forest in Guam

Drone rediscovers Hawaiian flower thought to be extinct

Invasive plants a fast-growing threat to India’s rhinos

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