Aug 11, 2010

Critical plant bank in danger

Plant scientists around the world are warning that hundreds of years of accumulated agricultural heritage are in danger of being plowed under after a Russian court ruled today (August 11) that the land occupied by a world-renowned plant bank on the outskirts of Saint Petersburg may be used for building houses on the site.A big blow to biodiversity!!!!!
Read more: The Scientist  2010 

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