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oapen-20.500.12657-495942021-06-16T11:48:53Z State of the World's Plants 2017 Willis, Kathy world; plants bic Book Industry Communication::W Lifestyle, sport & leisure::WN Natural history::WNP Trees, wildflowers & plants A detailed knowledge of plants is fundamental to human life on Earth. Plants underpin all aspects of our everyday life — from the food that we eat, to the clothes that we wear, the materials we use, the air we breathe, the medicines we take and much more. These essential services provided by plants are far too often taken for granted. This is the second annual report in which we have scrutinised databases, published literature, policy documents, reports and satellite imagery to provide a synthesis of current knowledge on the world’s plants. 2021-06-16T11:39:08Z 2021-06-16T11:39:08Z 2017 book 9781842466476 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49594 eng Royal Botanics Gardens Kew a905c387-6e82-4d6f-8592-e86c741c66d6 15ac751b-6330-4fb7-b12a-62a3d9bfd903 9781842466476 London open access
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A detailed knowledge of plants is fundamental to human life on Earth. Plants underpin all aspects of our everyday life — from the food that we eat, to the clothes that we wear, the materials we use, the air we breathe, the medicines we take and much more. These essential services provided by plants are far too often taken for granted. This is the second annual report in which we have scrutinised databases, published literature, policy documents, reports and satellite imagery to provide a synthesis of current knowledge on the world’s plants.
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