18 Jun 2024
The first pan-European database documents the decline in plant species diversity
Plant diversity in European forests, wetlands and grasslands is rapidly disappearing. This long-term trend is now confirmed by representative data. Botanists from Brno's Masaryk University, in cooperation with more than 250 scientists from most European countries, have collected an extensive data set, which makes it possible to reliably assess changes in flora, vegetation and natural habitats across the European continent.