by LordRaven » Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:26 pm
art0hur0moh wrote:Dr Maria S Vorontsova, study co-author and plant taxonomist at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew said: “To stop plant extinction, we need to record all the plants across the world – the naming of new species is a critical piece of the puzzle in the wider push to prioritise conservation of our precious natural world for generations to come.
“To do this we need to support herbaria and the production of plant identification guides, we need to teach our children to see and recognise their local plants and most importantly we need botanists for years to come.”
https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/pl ... edjQ8ZYYNQ
World's Largest Seed Bank Hits One Million Unique Food Crops
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the Arctic Circle—also known as the "doomsday vault" safeguarding the world's most diverse collection of seeds—now holds 1,059,646 unique crop varieties after receiving more than 70,000 samples on Monday.26 Feb 2018
World's Largest Seed Bank Hits One Million Unique Food ...
https://www.ecowatch.com › global-seed-vault-svalbard-2539843402
Yes, what is the point of storing all these if nobody knows what they are?
[quote="art0hur0moh"]Dr Maria S Vorontsova, study co-author and plant taxonomist at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew said: “To stop plant extinction, we need to record all the plants across the world – the naming of new species is a critical piece of the puzzle in the wider push to prioritise conservation of our precious natural world for generations to come.
“To do this we need to support herbaria and the production of plant identification guides, we need to teach our children to see and recognise their local plants and most importantly we need botanists for years to come.”
https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/plant-extinction-rate-new-research-kew-royal-botanic-gardens-stockholm-university-consequences-species/?fbclid=IwAR1TfJQCHE2gnXzMlgkOPN_Su4m8BEOa8GXkrutnEUO5-QPfFedjQ8ZYYNQ[/quote]
World's Largest Seed Bank Hits One Million Unique Food Crops
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the Arctic Circle—also known as the "doomsday vault" safeguarding the world's most diverse collection of seeds—now holds 1,059,646 unique crop varieties after receiving more than 70,000 samples on Monday.26 Feb 2018
World's Largest Seed Bank Hits One Million Unique Food ...
https://www.ecowatch.com › global-seed-vault-svalbard-2539843402
Yes, what is the point of storing all these if nobody knows what they are?
