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Scientists have revealed that around two-fifths of the world's plants are at
of extinction. This stark
comes from a
of research called the State of the World's Plants and Fungi. More than 200 scientists analysed the
of play of the world's
in 42 countries. A top botanist, Professor Alexandre Antonelli, said: "We are living in an age of
. It's a very worrying picture of risk and urgent need for action. We're losing the
against time because species are disappearing
than we can find and name them. Many of them could hold important clues for solving some of the most
challenges of medicine and even perhaps of the emerging and current pandemics we are seeing
."
