Going to seed

Crowded out

Human threat to biodiversity

Rich, suddenly

Ladakh's people get key to seabuckthorn 'goldmine'

Auto-recovery

Veins tell it all

Arrangement of veins control carbon, water intake in plants

Benefits of self-rejection

Evolution favours plants that rely on cross-pollination

From The Blurbs

Plant a repellant

Disastrous dyke

Documenting the dying

SOUTH AFRICA

BHUTAN

Capturing nature

CHHOBI MELA–2001·exhibition of photographs on nature and wildlife·The Academy of Fine Arts·Kolkata·January 2001

Asian plentitude

Eastern Asia enjoys greater plant diversity due to climate change and habitat variety

Quantity mars quality

Nutrient value of fruits and vegetables is falling

Flame that cools

Long-forgotten palash flower helps beat the heat, offers health benefits

Ferns: heavy metal guzzlers

Can replace expensive methods of controlling pollution

Weeding out belief

Myth that invasive species dominate new habitats debunked

The seeds of trouble

Privatisation of tea and rubber plantations has endangered the flora and fauna in southern Sri Lanka

SOUTH KOREA

CAMBODIA

Risk analysis mooted

Forest grump

Swamps of Western Ghats in danger due to human activities

Conservation in a cocoon

Let's celebrate spring