We rely on plants for almost everything, including the air we breathe and the food we eat. Two in five wild plants are threatened with extinction, but people are finding new ways to help them, from projects in Africa to reseed the landscape to the rebuilding of a tropical forest in Brazil, tree by tree.
Two out of five wild plants are threatened with extinction. Today people are finding remarkable ways to help them, and so make our world a little greener and a little wilder.
Michael Hutchinson / Dandelion (Taraxacum sp) growing on wasteland by derelict, graffiti-covered building, Bristol, UK
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Michael Hutchinson / Dandelion (Taraxacum sp) growing on wasteland by derelict, graffiti-covered building, Bristol, UK
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Michael Hutchinson / Bramble (Rubus plicatus) growing against a derelict, graffiti-covered building, Bristol, UK
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Michael Hutchinson / Dandelion (Taraxacum sp) growing on wasteland, derelict, graffiti-covered building in background, Bristol, UK
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Nick Upton / Double decker bus passing peeling bark of pollution resistant London Plane Tree (Platanus x hispanica), Euston Road, London, UK, May. 2012. No release available.
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Pat Tuson / Yellow corydalis (Corydalis lutea) growing from a crack at the edge of a building, Highbury, Islington, London, UK May.
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Terry Whittaker / Trees providing shade for bus passengers, Elephant and Castle, London UK
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Pat Tuson / Buddleia (Buddleja davidii) growing from an urban wall in Holloway with a sign saying Z Cars below, London Borough of Islington, England, UK, July 2009.
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Pat Tuson / Camley Street NW1 street sign with Three-cornered Leek / Wild Onion (Allium triquetrum) at Camley Street Natural Park, Kings Cross, London Borough of Camden England, UK
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Nick Upton / Row of London Plane Trees (Platanus x hispanica) lining Whitehall with the Victoria Tower of Westminster Palace in the background, London, UK, May. 2012
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Nick Upton / London Plane Tree (Platanus x hispanica) with dangling fruits overhanging the River Thames with the London Eye in the background, London, UK, May. 2012
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Michael Hutchinson / Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) growing on street pavement, Bristol, UK, January.
