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We live surrounded by the beauty—and the bounty—of the botanical world, but rarely do we stop to think seriously about all the roles plants play, many of them crucial to life on earth. After reading Why People Need Plants, however, we won’t be likely to take the earth’s flora for granted ever again.
Accessible and wide-ranging, Why People Need Plants covers such topics as food production, biofuels, medicine, biodiversity, conservation, economics, genetic modification, and many more—all aimed at demonstrating the importance of plants to nearly every aspect of human life and society. A collaboration between the Open University and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, with assistance from the Royal Horticultural Society, the book will inform—and surprise—plant lovers, gardeners, and students of all levels of knowledge.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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This is an excellent book.....easy to understand yet full of interesting facts. Looks like a GCSE biology text book to start with, but there is more depth. Leaves you in no doubt as to the importance of nurturing plant life on whatever scale. May even change certain less than sensible habits
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This is an excellent book. The authors provide a great depth of insight into the importance of plants to human beings. We cannot do without plants. The book shows how plants have been of importance to humans for centuries for nutrition, medicine, how they have assisted in solving crimes, biofuels, drink and drugs, etc. The authors then go on to inform the reader about micropropagation, genetically modified plants and natural plant collection. Ultimately we are warned about the negative impact of human beings on the planet. Consequently, some predict that by 2050 around 10-25% of current plant species will cease to exist due to agriculture as a culprit in habitat and biodiversity loss. However, biodiversity is at risk due to exploitation, habitat transformation, invasive alien species, climate change and nitrogen and phosphate pollution are cited as the main threats to biodiversity. It is an important to read. As plants can manufacture their own food, but humans and animals cannot, perhaps it can be deduced that people need plants more than plants need people!
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I got this book on i'll try before i buy the OU course that it's applicable to.The usual OU offering takes you thru the basics and gives you enough info on a subject that if you enter into a conversation with an Einstien at the local bar on a friday night,you'll not look stupid! Never put myself on the course yet as i'm in a mentally lazy mood the now!
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