Many African plant species face extinction threat
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About a third of all tropical African plant species are potentially or likely threatened by extinction, and another third could become so in the near future, according to a study published in the journal Science Advances.
Eight of the 10 countries with the highest proportion of threatened species are in West Africa, says a research team led by Thomas Couvreur, from the French National Institute for Sustainable Development.
Published by Cosmos.