40% of world’s plant species at risk of extinction
by Damian Carrington Environment editor from on (#58N8F)
Race against time to save plants and fungi that underpin life on Earth, global data shows
Two in five of the world's plant species are at risk of extinction as a result of the destruction of the natural world, according to an international report.
Plants and fungi underpin life on Earth, but the scientists said they were now in a race against time to find and identify species before they were lost.
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