[PCA] NEWS: Botanical Conservatories Take on Urgent New Role

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0220/p13s02-lign.html

Botanical conservatories take on urgent new role

Speed of climate change makes glasshouses bulwarks in the battle to 
preserve biodiversity.

By Jane Roy Brown | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
from the February 20, 2008 edition

Conservatories, once the glass-walled playgrounds of wealthy plant 
collectors, now serve a more urgent function. The changing global climate 
has spotlighted the role these specialized greenhouses play in preserving 
plant diversity.

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