Convention on Biological Diversity adopts indicator to track conservation of useful plants
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01.08.19
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Developed by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture and the Crop Trust, the indicator provides an official marker for thousands of economically and culturally important plants. It shows conservation goals set for 2020 will be hard to attain
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