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'Relationships' part 1 - People and plants: balancing conservation and commerce

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Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks
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How can working with people to understand how they use their local plants be used to protect them when industry moves in? How do we find and conserve areas of high 'bioquality'?
William Hawthorn explains how being able to identify what plants are where, and what their value are to local people can help protect the 'bioquality' of forests by creating meaningful guides for various industries that operate in these areas.

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Series
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks
People
William Hawthorne
Keywords
biology
plants
botany
ecology
flora
bioquality
vegetation
forest
biodiversity
big data
conservation
environmental impact
user-friendly field Guides
Botanical Survey
Department: Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS)
Date Added: 12/04/2016
Duration: 00:10:35

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