Tag: Botany
Greening the next generation
Are Botanists Threatened with Extinction?
Scientists argue that we won’t be able to protect the natural world, if we’re not training the next generation of botanists with the necessary skills, writes Sebastian Stroud.
Plants – and plant products – promoting global trade
How green is my planet?
Stunning images, like the TV programme, incredible facts, like the TV programme and the same referencing as the TV programme.
You can’t beat a good book
Australian animals might kill you, but the plants could cure you…
Novel tree hunted by fictional Victorians
This plant book is amazing
A book that considers not only how plants have nourished the body, but also the soul.
Do we need another picture book about plants?
It depends on whether or not it’s a good picture book about plants.
Glossy treasure trove for the word-curious plantsperson
Nigel Chaffey discovers a glossary can also be a page-turner.
Cultivating interest in fruits
Welcome to the wonderful world of … weeds(!)
Plants despised today still have value, and this book explores their contribution to the British ecosystem.
The mangroves the ice left behind
In the waters of a river in Tabasco grows a population of red mangrove: a lost world whose origins can be traced back to the last glaciation.