Preserving plants and recording the world's hidden wonders

PlantBank, one of the world's largest storage facilities for plants, has opened in Sydney, Australia. The facility will preserve unique flora samples for research and restoration programmes.

With 10 percent of Australian plant species now at risk of extinction, the bank's ultimate goal is to collect and store seeds, or live tissue, from all of the country’s 25,000 plant species.

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