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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Danny Halpin

Half of Britain and Ireland’s native plants have declined over last 20 years, report says

More than half of Britain and Ireland’s native plants have declined since the 1950s because of agriculture, climate change and non-native invasive species, a new report has found.

The 20-year research project, titled Plant Atlas 2020 and published by the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI), also found that non-native plant species now outnumber native ones.

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