国内英语资讯:Let there be wilderness: Experts call for protecting native plants in China
<p><span word="BEIJING">BEIJING</span>, <span word="Aug">Aug</span>. 31-- <span word="Immediate">Immediate</span> <span word="actions">actions</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="save">save</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="native">native</span> <span word="flora">flora</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="foundation">foundation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="biodiversity">biodiversity</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="sustains">sustains</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="entire">entire</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="ecosystem">ecosystem</span>, <span word="urged">urged</span> <span word="experts">experts</span>.</p><p><span word="Overshadowed">Overshadowed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="endangered">endangered</span> <span word="species">species</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="giant">giant</span> <span word="pandas">pandas</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="snow">snow</span> <span word="leopards">leopards</span>, <span word="indigenous">indigenous</span> <span word="plants">plants</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="facing">facing</span> <span word="grave">grave</span> <span word="risks">risks</span>, <span word="being">being</span> <span word="pushed">pushed</span> <span word="toward">toward</span> <span word="extinction">extinction</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="expanding">expanding</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="activities">activities</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="consequent">consequent</span> <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="change">change</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="invasive">invasive</span> <span word="species">species</span> <span word="arriving">arriving</span> <span word="alongside">alongside</span> <span word="magnified">magnified</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="trade">trade</span>.</p><p><span word="Greater">Greater</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="study">study</span>, <span word="preserve">preserve</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="aboriginal">aboriginal</span> <span word="flora">flora</span>, <span word="urged">urged</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="conservationists">conservationists</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="society">society</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="begun">begun</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="active">active</span> <span word="role">role</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="defending">defending</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="biosphere">biosphere</span>.</p><p><span word="LIFE">LIFE</span> <span word="IN">IN</span> <span word="THE">THE</span> <span word="WILDERNESS">WILDERNESS</span></p><p><span word="Recent">Recent</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="pin">pin</span>-<span word="pointed">pointed</span> <span word="Liaoning">Liaoning</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="northeast">northeast</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="China">China</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="birthplace">birthplace</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Archaefructus">Archaefructus</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="flowering">flowering</span> <span word="plant">plant</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="bloomed">bloomed</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Earth">Earth</span> -- <span word="probably">probably</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="near">near</span> <span word="water">water</span> -- <span word="about">about</span> 130 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Cretaceous">Cretaceous</span> <span word="Period">Period</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="civilization">civilization</span> <span word="dates">dates</span>, <span word="China">China</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="nation">nation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="anthophiles">anthophiles</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="green">green</span> <span word="thumbs">thumbs</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Wild">Wild</span> <span word="plants">plants</span>, <span word="oftentimes">oftentimes</span> <span word="neglected">neglected</span>, <span word="little">little</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="seldom">seldom</span> <span word="appreciated">appreciated</span>, <span word="play">play</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fundamental">fundamental</span> <span word="role">role</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="sustaining">sustaining</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="ecosystem">ecosystem</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="dire">dire</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="protection">protection</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Liu">Liu</span> <span word="Huajie">Huajie</span>, <span word="professor">professor</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="bioethics">bioethics</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="philosophy">philosophy</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Peking">Peking</span> <span word="University">University</span>.</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="greater">greater</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="studying">studying</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="preserving">preserving</span> "<span word="the">the</span> <span word="bedrock">bedrock</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="biodiversity">biodiversity</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Earth">Earth</span>."</p>
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