Forests: lost in the wild

"Forests are the main source of herbs"

Meghalaya's abundant flora is the basis of its traditional healthcare system. Now, rapid urbanisation and breakdown of the community structure …

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Wild trouble

Trade threatens medicinal plants

Medicinal plant rediscovered in Arunachal Pradesh

Revival plan for a disappearing tree

Colonial plants

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Limited laws

Melting to extinction

Biodiversity in the UK threatened due to climate changes

DNA barcoding helps discover new species

Park may be denotified

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Timely blooms

Birds of a feather

BIRDS AND PLANT REGENERATION·Tara Gandhi· Orient Longman Ltd· New Delhi·2000·pp81

A flowery tale

Intelligent butterfly

Cabbage butterflies remember flowers that provide maximum nectar

Stepmotherly tree(tment)

Fern assault

Trees are not very effective carbon sinks

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From the verge of extinction

Several species to be removed from endangered list in the us

Desert green

A gene found in humans can help plants thrive in arid regions

Sunflower power

Curbs the human immunodeficiency virus

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