About 40% of the Tiehm's buckwheat population destroyed, amid fierce dispute over proposed lithium and boron mine nearbyNestled among the slopes of Nevada's Silver Peak Range are six patches of Tiehm's buckwheat, a rare flowering plant found nowhere else in the world. Only an estimated 42,000 plants remain on 10 acres. But over the weekend, conservationists discovered that 40% of the total population had been destroyed. Related: Chinese fishing armada plundered waters around Galápagos, data shows Continue reading...
'Unfathomable destruction': thousands of rare wildflowers wiped out in Nevada
17. září 2020 9:30
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/17/nevada-rare-wildflower-tiehms-buckwheat
Zdroj: The Guardian
