1/2 global plants are in danger of extinction

Plants in the world are facing the risk of extinction in large numbers if the climate change problem is not solved effectively and conservation is not focused, warning of experts at the congress The third world botanical garden is held in Wuhan, central China.

(Photo: Monteverdeinfo.com, TTO) 'About half of the 40,000 plant species on earth and 100,000 species of unclassified plants are in danger of extinction if the temperature increases by 2-3 degrees Celsius within 100 years came, 'said Dr. David Bramwell, director of the Jardin Botanical Garden in Las Palmas, Spain.

He said a recent study in six areas of ecological diversity accounted for 20% of the world's land area, indicating that more than 37% of plant species in these areas will become extinct by 2050.

According to Huang Hongwen, director of the Wuhan Botanical Garden, another study said that over the past 50 years, hundreds of species - from butterflies to birds, trees, bats and mice - have moved to the far north. and south 300 km. The reason is that the temperature in the last century increased by 0.6 degrees Celsius and this is also the initial consequence of global warming.

As predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) announced in 2001, in the 21st century, the earth's temperature will increase from 2 to 6 degrees C.

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