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SAVING CANADA'S UNIQUE PLANTS FROM EXTINCTION
With more and more life-forms disappearing, and the countries of the world failing to meet their targets for slowing biodiversity loss on our planet, we look at Canada's efforts in the United Nations Environmental Programme's Global Strategy for Plant Conservation.
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Websites:
- http://www.cbd.int/
- http://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/plant-conservation-report-en.pdf
- http://www.bgci.org/files/Worldwide/GSPC/globalstrategyeng.pdf
- http://www.rbg.ca/index.html
- http://gbo3.cbd.int/
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