TY - BOOK AU - Willis,Kathy AU - Willis,Kathy TI - State of the World's Plants 2017 SN - 9781842466476 PY - 2017/// CY - London PB - Royal Botanics Gardens Kew KW - Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest KW - bicssc KW - world; plants N1 - Free-to-read N2 - A detailed knowledge of plants is fundamental to human life on Earth. Plants underpin all aspects of our everyday life - from the food that we eat, to the clothes that we wear, the materials we use, the air we breathe, the medicines we take and much more. These essential services provided by plants are far too often taken for granted. This is the second annual report in which we have scrutinised databases, published literature, policy documents, reports and satellite imagery to provide a synthesis of current knowledge on the world's plants UR - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49594 ER -