Native Plant Conservation Campaign – a National Native Plant Society for the United States

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Dr. Emily B. Roberson, National Plant Conservation Campaign Plants are second-class conservation citizens. People often overlook or ignore plants in their environment, even in natural areas where animals tend to receive the “lion’s share” of attention. Sadly this problem is widespread among policymakers. Even many environmental groups often overlook native plants in their work. As […]

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Anthropocene Era & the 6th Extinction: Our Reality

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Dr. Pamela S. Soltis, Founding Director of University of Florida Biodiversity Institute, Distinguished Professor and Curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History We are living in a new geological era, termed the Anthropocene, in reference to human impact on our planet. This impact has led to extinction rates that are 1000 times higher than […]

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